Voices of the Lake March 20, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment PLURAL+2018 TAL-Television America Latina Award PLURAL+2018 FACIUNI AwardAge Category 13 to 17 | Brazil By João Adams Samora. Five hundred years ago, the civilization of Uros, seeking shelter from its enemies, fled to Lake Titicaca, near Puno, in Peru. They built lands out of Totora (a type of straw) in the middle of the water. Globalization and pollution have changed their way of life. They no longer live as their ancestors did, but only by the image of their ancestors’ culture and more.