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The Charming Culture of Lake Titicaca in Puno, Peru - P1/2 (In Spanish)
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Today’s Enlightening
Entertainment will be
presented in Spanish,
with subtitles in Arabic,
Aulacese (Vietnamese),
Chinese, English,
French, German,
Indonesian, Japanese,
Korean, Malay, (Mongolian,)
Persian, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish
and Thai.
By the lake
in the sight of my God,
Beautiful Mother Earth!
In the early hour…
Beautiful Mother Earth!
The Charming Culture
of Lake Titicaca
in Puno, Peru
Puno, located
over 3,800 meters
above sea level,
south of Peru,
in the plateau of Collao,
features as
its main attraction
the legendary Lake Titicaca,
the highest navigable lake
in the world,
which is cared for
by its inhabitants,
both on its islands and
on the areas around it
along its shores.
May you have a good day,
on this great day of yours.
Thank you for visiting
this town by Lake Titicaca,
where we live
near the totora reeds.
I welcome you
to this town of Puno,
to this sacred lake
of the Incas,
at 3,800 meters
above sea level.
We, the lake inhabitants,
live very proud of
our glorious legacy,
our parents, the sun,
our mother the moon,
and our ancestors,
the Incas Manco Capac
and Mama Ocllo,
who founded this empire.
We’ve been proud.
I invite you to know this
majestic Lake Titicaca,
with its alive culture,
with our islands,
with our Apus,
with our highest summits,
with our
snowcapped mountains,
with everything
that is preserved here
on the high plain.
Their spirituality is based
on a direct contact
with nature,
thanking the land
for its products
with the offering
to Pachamama,
Mother Earth;
as well as the Apus,
or mountains,
which protect the people
and their harvests;
also the lake, the sun,
the moon and the stars,
in which the Paccos,
beings endowed
with the skill of sensing
and predicting the future,
forecast the weather
to prevent,
in many cases, floods, or
in other cases to announce
the abundant harvest.
These persons used
natural elements
for the same purpose.
In the Andes world,
in the communities,
in the districts,
Andean religiosity
is still practiced,
in which we show respect
to the Apus, the lake,
the hills, the thunder;
which is a part of our
cultural identity; the sun,
the moon, the stars,
almost every feature
which is with us
is venerated.
Because
if there were no sun,
there wouldn´t be heat,
there wouldn’t be light.
And if there were no moon,
there wouldn´t be night,
there wouldn’t be darkness,
nor half-light,
there wouldn´t be stars,
those bits of illumination
and inspiration
in our communities.
If there weren’t rain, we
wouldn´t have sown fields;
if there weren’t thunder,
we wouldn´t know
to store our crops;
that is a part of us,
it is a part of
the Andean religiousness.
At Easter, for example,
in the communities,
districts, villages,
people climb
the highest mountains.
That day people fast,
nothing is eaten.
They climb the hills
to collect plants.
It is believed that among us,
between the entities,
Catholicism and
Andean religiosity,
there is a fusion,
where herbs become
healing herbs; that cure.
For instance, chicchipa
is used to make aromatic
mate (a herbal infusion);
cedrón is a tranquilizer
for that day, to soothe
pains and sorrows.
And so plants
from over the hills
are collected, to make mate.
Then, back home, people
from some communities
cook twelve meals,
which is a blend
of Andean religion
and Catholic religion.
Twelve dishes are eaten
in the name
of the Twelve Apostles.
Some of the staples
of this culture
are corn, quinoa,
a yellow Andean tuber
called ollucos,
and fresh, tasty potatoes.
At Lake Titicaca,
agriculture is a way of life
and a reason for
celebrating and thanking
Mother Earth.
The dances
which are practiced here
are related to gratitude,
to productivity of the land;
and in accordance
with the different seasons
of the planet,
mainly at carnival time
which is in summer,
harvesting time.
Used as
musical accompaniment,
quenas are
musical instruments
made out of wood, reeds
or bamboo stalks,
to play the most lively
or festive melodies,
to pay homage
to the vegetables
and Mother Earth.
First, we have to
have great care
when sowing before
there is a ceremony,
a kintu, in order that our
sown fields produce well.
Once the plant is blooming
we put more soil on it.
Then we take out the weeds,
and then at the carnivals
we honor it by dancing
and singing in order that
the flowers and sown fields
feel happy, as we feel
being in touch with them.
When we start
harvesting our crops,
we thank the Inti father
(the sun), the mother
Killa (the moon).
Everything which has
granted us these fruits,
we start thanking,
and when we harvest,
when we begin
to select our products.
The biggest potatoes are
for Tinkay, a ceremony
in which we celebrate
our potatoes, because
they are the biggest ones
Mother Earth,
Pachamama, has given us.
Then we choose
the potatoes for cooking
and the potatoes
for the potato starch
and the ones for the next
sowing season, the seeds.
Next, we store
the spoiled potatoes
to make potato starch,
to add to potato starch.
And once all this is done,
crops are stored
buried in the earth,
with some straw
to avoid the worms,
for the next sowing season.
When we return,
we’ll find out more about
the Lake Titicacan culture
of harmony with nature.
Please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television.
Welcome back to
Enlightening Entertainment
and our visit to the
friendly Peruvian people
living on Lake Titicaca.
The relaxed
and joyful residents here
have created many
beautiful, colorful dances.
Let’s find out more about
the dances’ significance
in relation to nature.
Here on the high plain,
for example,
we have spiritual dances,
agricultural ones,
festive ones,
and also funeral ones.
In some villages,
such as the Taquile island,
Amantani, Uros
and Ticonata
in the Capachica area,
their dances are
mostly about gratitude,
because we live
around the lake.
We live in the lake, always
in touch with nature.
We don´t live in contact
with the outer world,
but with the world
which is around us –
nature, the plants,
the animals, the water
which is running near us,
from the springs,
in the lake itself.
Music, which is the most
important thing for us...
For example,
if we feel mournful,
we fetch the pinquillo and
play nostalgic melodies.
If we pick the charango,
then it is cheerful music.
It is a happy instrument,
a carnival one.
And when it comes,
for example,
to ceremonial times,
the pinquillo is used;
or also ceremonial are
nomalca, cuchuijatu,
los pinquillos.
Big, small and medium,
just like the big
or small zampoña (flute).
Then, we have bombos,
or the tarola,
percussion instruments,
and a lot of instruments.
Totora Chullo Green,
green is its small stalk,
with a white
and yellow small face,
“I am very, very tasty.”
The stalk is very green
and tasty.
When people talk to it,
it answers to them, weeping,
“Do not eat me yet.
I have grown to
give strength to children,
for them to have good teeth,
healthy and strong.”
While still young
and immature, they say,
“Do not eat me yet!
When my heart is ripe,
I´ll be good and
you´ll eat me, very tasty.”
It also speaks
to its mom and dad,
to have a great heart.
“I speak to you,
because I love you,
also for you to know
and respect.”
We have
such a beautiful lake
with crystal clear water;
we have reed mace,
which is sweet, and we
use it to make our homes
in some cases, to make
our traditional mattresses,
also for food,
the inner part of it
called chullu.
In this lake, we can find
beautiful islands.
We have lots of traditions,
a lot of character
at our Lake Titicaca.
Crossing it,
we find at the first stop,
a floating island
called Uros,
its name preserved
through history and time;
its main characteristic
being buildings
made of totora reeds
a native Titicaca plant,
as well as the boats and
houses where people live.
In the same way,
a species of totora reed,
called chullu, is consumed
by the villagers for
its high protein content.
They have
some beautiful houses
made of totora,
a natural plant.
It is important to mention
one of the development
centers of rural tourism,
Capachica, located
northeast of the lake.
It has lodging houses
carefully designed,
for a comfortable stay.
Besides its eyecatching
beaches that allow one
to connect with
the nature of the place,
as well as Llachon,
Cotos, Yapura, Chifron,
among the most visited
in the area, with their
outstanding carnivals
and native costumes,
which are maintained
throughout the year.
Well, at carnivals
usually, Tuesdays are
godfathers’ days,
godchildren and godfathers
are visited, or just friends.
They visit at home
and then have
their abundant luncheons
as is customary, and they
spend the day dancing at
their godfather´s house.
On Ash Wednesday,
they go into town
to participate in contests
and bring people
in the capital to the village
what they call
Apaycamuy carnival.
So on Thursday,
we start the contest here,
yes, the grass cutters start.
Then also on Friday they
visit another community,
the Kashuas,
and on Saturday
the grass cutters.
On Sunday the same,
there the carnival
celebration ends.
What places do you
promote here in Cotos
which can be visited?
Here we have
quite a few attractions.
This town is
clearly touristic, we are
promoting tourism.
So here we have
the biggest beach
around in all of Puno.
Besides Charcas
and other small beaches,
we have Chifron, but
this is the biggest beach
in Cotos.
We have
archeological remains
such as Ancasayama,
at the entrance of the alley,
then we have
Ticonata Island
that already
has accommodations
for tourists.
Here we have an
excellent microclimate.
It is not very cold,
nor very hot, as we are
at 2,800, to 3,000 meters
above sea level.
The highest part is
at 4,000, so it´s good for
a quiet stay for a visitor,
even more so
in this season in which
everything is green.
Everything is very good.
So, visit us!
Kind viewers,
thanks for your company
on Enlightening Entertainment.
Please join us again
tomorrow
for the continuation
of our pleasant stay
at Lake Titicaca
in Puno, Peru.
Now, please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television
for Words of Wisdom,
after Noteworthy News.
May your life
be colored by happiness
at every moment.
A mayor from
Formosa (Taiwan) who
was among the very first
in the world to officially
promote a vegetarian diet
to reduce global warming.
We should adopt
the vegetarian diet,
because raising animals
for meat consumption
causes serious pollution.
An ordinary citizen from
Australia who is sharing
the benefits of
vegan living through
her many talents.
Join us as two individuals
are honored by
Supreme Master Ching Hai
for doing their part
to save the planet.
The thing is that
people must be
more aware of
our dire situation
and that everyone’s
responsible action
does help to minimize
or stop global warming.
Saturday, July 3,
on Supreme Master
Television.
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