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Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation.
And they’re using an ancestral sport to help protect and revive their culture, customs and language. The post Mapuche sports help Indigenous Chileans revive culture appeared first on The World ...
Mapuche Indians Land Dispute NPR's Martin Kaste reports on the growing political clout of Chile's native Mapuche Indians. Although timber companies hold the title to much of the country's valuable ...
Just like other U.S. global streamers, Amazon's Prime Video sees the value in supporting and promoting Latin American and Spanish-language original films and series, with subject matter that not ...
Some 40 people form a circle on the dusty, late-summer grass. Following days of uncertainty and fear, cut off from most forms of communication, families from Mapuche communities in Argentina’s ...
As a Mapuche silversmith — a rütrafe in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche (transliteration differences mean the spelling of both words varies) — Mr. Paillamilla reproduces many of his ...
The rich, volcanic soil of central Chile has nourished a food and wine legacy that bridges cultures, from Indigenous cooks to globe-trotting vintners. Mapuche, Chile’s largest Indigenous group ...
Jeannette Paillan, a Mapuche documentary filmmaker, was the inspiration for this 2012 textile, titled Lukutuwe (Fertility). Scanning the QR code embedded in the tapestry reveals a quotation from ...
MC Millaray, 16, an emerging music star in Chile, uses her fierce lyrics to convey five centuries of struggles by the country’s largest Indigenous group against European colonizers.
In each koneltun, members of the National Institute of the Mapuche Language Mapuzuguletuaiñ led sessions for traditional educators teaching the aforementioned subject to share and discuss their ...
Language is one of the distinctive features that makes us human, and a new book supported by the UN Educational, ... Nevenca Cayullán, a traditional Mapuche educator, ...
Within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2033), the UNESCO Office in Chile, in conjunction with the Bilingual Intercultural Education Program (PEIB) of the ...