ART EXPO

PERUVIAN KIDS

DANIELA HUEPE

SANTIAGO DE ATACAMA

¨LIFE IN THE DESERT¨

DANIELA HUEPE

GLACIAR IN TORRES DEL PAINE-CHILE

ALPACAS IN CHILE

DANIELA HUEPE

FERNEY CARO 170CM X 90 CM

PALENQUERA COLOMBIANA

PAPO CAROCA

ACRYLIC ON WOOD

DIAMETER 90CM

MACHIS ARE ACTUALLY PROTECTORS OF THE MAPUCHE PEOPLE, THEY PROPITIATE THE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL AND NATURAL FORCES, DIAGNOSE THE PAIN CAUSES AND OFFER REMEDIES FOR DISEASES BASED ON EXTENSIVE AND ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEALING HERBS OF THEIR LAND. A MACHI IS CHOSEN BY POWERS AND SPIRITS AND MUST UNDERGO TO A LONG AND ARDUOUS INITIATION TO TAKE THE ROLE. AFTER THAT MACHILUWUN (A CEREMONY TO CONSECRATE THE NEW MACHI) CAN BE HELD.