History and living cultures
History And Living Cultures
CHILDREN OF THE EARTH (AGROTOURISM)
The Land of the Yachaqs: – Sacred Valley (Cusco)
Arrive at the community of Huayllafara, and walk to the cultural interpretation centre (5 min), where the villagers will welcome visitors with music and beautiful native flowers, as well as with a “Tinka”, or symbolic blessing to mother earth.
Afterwards, visitors will be invited to the fields to participate in agricultural activities according to the time of the year.
Visitors will learn about the connection between man and Andean agriculture, inherited from their ancestors, using ancestral tools such as the chaquitaclla, cuti, lampa, and others. The explanation and demonstration of each of the processes seek to involve the visitor in a direct experience with mother earth, or Pachamama, and to understand the relationship of the people of the community with the Andean universe that surrounds them. typical lunch with native products of the area.