The Ayni Institute will be bridging together two nations as we host events to immerse participants in art, culture and wisdom of indigenous communities of the Andes and Amazon of Peru.
Boston University, Photonics Center
8 St. Mary’s Street
8 St. Mary’s Street
Thurs & Fri, April 19-20th: 2-8:30pm
Sat, April 21st: 11am-8pm
Our Guests
Alberto Manqueriapa Vitente
Chief & Healing Elder of the Huachipaeri community in the Amazon of PeruOne of the protagonists of Voices That Heal, a documentary about four different Amazonic villages in Peru - their healing practices, their values, beliefs, and their languages, which are on the verge of extinction.
José Huaman Turpo & Alejandrina Calancha Monge
Director & Producer of The Mysteries of the AndesThe Mysteries of the Andes is a 9-film series where each film represents an Andean or Amazon village in Peru, and each village carries ancestral wisdom. They have long-standing relationships with each of the communities and their filming is holistic - following the village’s agricultural and ritualistic timeline, and narrated in the village’s voices, their own native tongues.
Zadir Milla Euribe
Professor, Artist & Author in Lima, PeruHe has immense knowledge about Andean symbols, architecture and megalithic art and will share with us the knowledge in his two books “The Wira Qocha Code” (2001) and his most recent release, “The Millennial Code of Machu Picchu” (2017).
The Workshops
ON THE ANDES
- The Andean People Post Colonialism
- The Importance of Rituals & Collective Work
- Alternatives to Western Capitalism: What can we learn from Andean society/organization today?
- Machu Picchu: What can one of the 7 wonders of the world teach us about life?
- The Andean People Post Colonialism
- The Importance of Rituals & Collective Work
- Alternatives to Western Capitalism: What can we learn from Andean society/organization today?
- Machu Picchu: What can one of the 7 wonders of the world teach us about life?
ON THE AMAZON
- Amazonian Healing in Peru: What is the Amazonian way of life?
- Medicines & Sacred Plants in the Amazon
- From the Amazon to the Andes
- Voices That Heal - find details on the documentary Premiere below!
- Amazonian Healing in Peru: What is the Amazonian way of life?
- Medicines & Sacred Plants in the Amazon
- From the Amazon to the Andes
- Voices That Heal - find details on the documentary Premiere below!
ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS
- Creating Life - The Importance of Art
- Telling our Indigenous Stories
- Our Future Worlds: Loss of Language, Climate Change
- Creating Life - The Importance of Art
- Telling our Indigenous Stories
- Our Future Worlds: Loss of Language, Climate Change
Become a Volunteer
Sign up HERE to be a volunteer and help make this a success!
Organizational Endorsement
Sign up HERE to give your Organizational Endorsement!
SPONSOR THIS PROJECT
Become A Sponsor for this beautiful project! Organizations that provide sponsorship of $1000 or more will be included in our website. For sponsorship of $5000 or more, your name, logo and title of collaboration will be included in the credits of the series.
The Premiere of Voices That Heal
April 21st, 5:30-7:30pm
April 21st, 5:30-7:30pm
This is the most recent film from The Mysteries of the Andes which features healing practices, the cosmovision and the native languages that are on the verge of extinction of 4 indigenous communities of the Peruvian rainforest.
