Collaborating with Traditional Indigenous Communities for the Promotion & Safeguarding of Ancestral Knowledge
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Being based from the Sacred Valley of the Incas, we have a unique opportunity to work with many traditional cultural events and communities as they move forward while balancing the boom of tourism to the area. In the remote communities of Q’eros and Amaru for example, they work hard to safeguard their heritage and yet meet the demands of new economic frontier with so many tourists descending through the Valley en route to Machu Picchu.
Further away from the Valley In the Amazon rainforest, the Shipibo Conibo community of Ceilan are the caretakers of their Ethno-Botanical garden and maintain their culture for their future generations through providing a school in their healing center dedicated to teaching their youth their ancestral ways.
The community of Amaru provides a cultural center where they invite tourists to partake in their culture and learn about their ways of life.
In June of this year, Indigimedia was invited to document the entirety of cultural exchange events during the winter equinox. Delegates from many surrounding indigenous communities came from Taquile, Bolivia, Mexico, the United States, Venezuela and Ecuador to participate in the event
The Kusi Kawsay Andean School is a project from their NGO; The Kusi Kawsay Association. The school was formed from a neccesity here in the Sacred Valley of the Incas due to the decline of public education in the area. The families came together to form their NGO and begin the long process of building a school that would provide their children an education rooted in Andean ancestral knowledge while at the same time providing a thorough education in the Waldorf pedagogy.
Tucked away high in the mountains above the Sacred Valley of Peru is the small community of Amaru. Home to roughly 160 families, this idyllic village maintains a traditional and authentic Andean way of life. While you will hear some Spanish spoken, the people primarily speak Quechua, the indigenous language of the region.
