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Discover the Mapuche culture with a visit to a foundation which works to help and support local indigenous Mapuche women, land protection and forestation projects.
Meet the people who fight to make the foundation work. Hear how the foundation was created, its history to date and the challenges it faces since it is not supported by the government.
Follow a demonstration of traditional Mapuche clothing and jewelry. Find out about the Mapuche culture, customs and the conflicts that exist with modern Chilean society. Have lunch trying a variety of traditional Mapuche foods such as Catutos, Muday, Sopaipillas, tortillas, quinoa, mote, aji, y mate, served in the setting of a traditional Mapuche “Ruka”.
Head to the countryside where the Mapuche communities live and meet some of the workers who will demonstrate their authentic working techniques for cleaning, drying, dying, and weaving the wool in order to make products that the foundation sells for them.
With a chance to buy products before the end of the journey.
DO YOU KNOW THAT...?
The Mapuche are an indigenous population, originally living in the South of Chile and Argentina. Their name means “people of the earth” and the language spoken is Mapudungun. Some of the Mapuches in the South of the country managed to resist the Spanish conquerors during 300 years.
Today, as a result of aggressive colonial economic models that lead to the indigenous people being exploited, and a variety of illnesses, they only represent 4% of the Chilean population. Many of them live in cities, but keep a strong connection with their original communities and still fight for the acknowledgement of their territories and culture.
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