Xapiri

Fair-Trade with the Matsés

The trade with the Matsés is sensitive, complicated, fragile and above all, long! Art from the remotest villages will travel for days on a dugout canoe before a floatplane carries the art to Iquitos. From there the art is carefully packed before many more days of travel until it reaches the our gallery, Xapiri, in Cusco.

In this short video, Segundo Reyna, the man in charge of organising the fair-trade with all the artists in multiple villages explains how the project is working.

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Memoria Ancestral - Kichwa - Ancestral Memory

In the Amazon, behind every artistic creation exists ancestral memory.

Don Ángel is the last remaining basket maker in the Kiwcha indigenous community of Puerto Arturo, located on the Madre de Dios river in the Peruvian south east Amazon. We shared the weekend with Don Angel, documenting the process of making the basket with the intention for this ancestral tradition to be passed down to the younger relatives who were also present in watching and learning from the elder.

Thank you to Novalis (an investigative platform for science, art, and ecology) for providing the location and being partners in the project.

Through the Xapiri gallery in Cusco, we offer a platform for where the arts of the Amazon can be displayed and sold, providing an opportunity for indigenous communities to earn a sustainable income on their own while preserving their ancestral traditions.

With special thanks to Rodrigo Gallardo for providing the soundtrack with ‘Detras Del Arbol De La Razon’.

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En la Amazonia, detrás de cada creación artística hay memoria ancestral.

Puerto Arturo es una comunidad indígena Kichwa que se ubica en las riveras del rio Madre de Dios al sur este de la Amazonía peruana. Don Ángel es el último fabricante de canastas que existe en esta; compartimos un fin de semana con él, registrando la totalidad del proceso que implica la elaboración de una canasta, estuvo acompañado de parientes jóvenes quienes estuvieron presentes observando y aprendiendo lo que el anciano podía ofrecerles.

Gracias a Novalis, una plataforma para la investigación y el desarrollo de investigaciones científicas, artísticas y ecológicas, por proporcionar la ubicación y ser socios en el proyecto.

En Cusco, a través de la galería Xapiri, ofrecemos una plataforma para difundir y comercializar el arte de la Amazonía, brindando una oportunidad para que las comunidades indígenas sean capaces de generar un ingreso sostenible por su cuenta y al mismo tiempo preservar sus tradiciones ancestrales.

Muchas gracias a Rodrigo Gallardo por nos conceder la música ‘Detras Del Arbol De La Razon’.

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Uitsun making with the Matsés

A look at traditional uitsun weaving, with Juan Perez from the village of Buen Peru in the Peruvian Amazon.

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BEST COFFEE IN PERU // ペルーで一番コーヒーが美味しいカフェ [PERU #7]

English & Spanish Peru Guide : Edwin

エドウィンのパートナーが日本人なので、ガイドやツアーなどの問い合わせは日本語でも出来るかと思います。（現地でのガイドは英語になります。）

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@08:22 Qura


@09:42 Xapiri


@11:11 Jardin Organiko


@12:43 Museo Pachamama


@17:59 El Cafetalito


@18:26 Qucharitas


@19:28 PER.UK


@20:23 Exchange

@20:51 Laundry

@21:19 Monkey Coffee


@24:29 Museo De Plantas Sagradas

@26:40 Matcha Verde


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Nënë making with the Matsés

The tobacco powder is put in a bamboo mortar before being smashed repeatedly with a wooden pestle until the powder is in a fine form. The final step is to sift the snuff to remove any large particles.

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