Renewal in the high Andes
Pitukiska
Pitukiska New Year
A Quechua community in the high Andes gathers for the Andean New Year to celebrate Mother Earth.
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From the Pacific coast to the high Andes and the Amazon rainforest, every chapter begins with a distinct relationship to place.
Plant knowledge and living tradition
Shipibo
Shipibo-Conibo Plant Healers
A Shipibo curandero family builds a school to teach their traditional plant-medicine techniques and songs of healing.
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An ancient landscape of salt
Maras
Maras Salt Pans
A multigenerational family tends the salt pools of Maras, sharing the skilled work and inherited knowledge behind this distinctive landscape.
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A home made and remade from reeds
Floating Islands
Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
An Uros family living on a floating island of reeds on the highest navigable lake in the world explores their culture.
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At the highest city on Earth
La Rinconada
La Rinconada Gold Mine
In the highest city on Earth, gold miners barter with Mother Earth for protection in the mines and a good yield of gold.
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A seafaring tradition at the edge
Huanchaco Fishermen
The Last Fishermen
Fishermen in Huanchaco share a tradition of working at sea in caballitos de totora and their hopes for passing that knowledge to another generation.
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