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This is the story of the Quechua people who sustain their lives though their relationships & rituals to their sacred mountain
ABOUT AUSANGATE, PERU
The people
The natural world
The natural world
The Quechua people living near Mt. Ausangate, 130 km SE of Cuzco are linguistic and cultural descendants of Inca and pre-Inca people who have revered this mountain for centuries, maintaining an interconnectedness to it, to their animals, crops and arts through their rituals and offerings to the mountain spirit or Apu.
The natural world
The natural world
The natural world
To them, water is sacred and is at the core of all existence. They strive to maintain a balanced natural world. As the outer world moves to clocks, superhighways, television, Internet and satellites, they tend their herds of llamas & alpacas, farm their potatoes each year, and weave their stories into their textiles.
The research
The research
The research
Based on 25 years research in the Apu Ausangate region of Peru by Dr. Andrea M. Heckman, supported by a Fulbright Foundation Dissertation Research Grant.
Publication: Woven Stories: Andean Textiles and Rituals (2003, UNM Press), winner of the John Collier Jr. Book Award 2006.
Directors: Andrea Heckman and Tad Fettig Director of Photography: Tad Fettig
Editor: David Aubrey
The research
The research
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