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Peruvian film in Aymara language is recommended for Oscars
Peruvian film Wiñaypacha is an early candidate for some major movie awards like the Oscars and the Goya, according to the country’s Culture Ministry. It is hailed as the first movie to be filmed entirely in the Aymara language, a dialect native to the Andes, and was recently chosen as Peru’s film representative going towards awards season. The film was chosen after a committee of 16 movie-industry experts in the country chose it over other Peruvian movies from this year. It is a pre-candidate for the 2019 Oscars’ Best Foreign Film and for the 2019 Goya’s (Spain) Best Ibero-American Film. In a […]Read more...
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Peru recovers pre-Columbian gold mask from Germany
After 20 years of court proceedings between the two countries, Peru’s Culture Ministry announced this weekend that it had gotten back an ancient funeral mask from Germany. The Mask of Sicán that belonged to the Lambayeque culture that existed in the eponymous region between the years 750 and 1400. When Peru reported the mask missing, it was successfully confiscated by Interpol in 1999. Germany and Peru were then involved in judicial hearings for two decades before a court in the European nation ruled to have it returned to the Andean country in 2016. La #MáscaraSicán volverá a nuestro país después […]Read more...
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Pre-Incan archaeological remains found in Huancayo
Archaeologists working at the Wariwillka site in Huancayo have dug up what they are calling evidence of a pre-Incan culture known as the Wari. Peru’s Culture Ministry confirmed the findings Thursday after they were accidentally discovered when a construction project leveled off a structure in the area. “We are recovering and safeguarding archaeological heritage in accordance with National Cultural Heritage Law,” on-site archaeologist Ronald Sullca told state-run news agency Andina. “We’ve found some lithic remains, fragments of ceramics, human bone remains, and a salvage procedure is being performed before handing them over to Culture Ministry for their protection.” It is initially […]Read more...
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Watch: Students kick off Peru’s National Holidays with sign language anthem
Peru’s Nationa Holidays, known in Spanish as the Fiestas Patrias, kick off on Saturday as the country delves into its independence celebrations. The weekend celebration will be held Saturday and Sunday with marches, dancing, and events of all types held throughout the country. Students from Ludwig Van Beethoven High School in Lima got the party started early on Friday when they published a moving rendition of Peru’s national anthem in sign language. A group of 20 schoolchildren recited the anthem in the below video published on the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations’ Facebook page Friday: The children are appropriately dressed […]Read more...
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Designers bring a Peruvian touch to Colombia fashion week
Medellin, Colombia, the ‘City of Eternal Spring,’ hosted ColombiaModa, a three-day fashion event that concluded Thursday and involved exhibitions, catwalks and conferences. Among the hundreds Latin American exhibitors in attendance, Peruvian designers were nestled among them showing off their wares. Peru Reports spoke to some of the designers present and it was evident that Peruvians take advantage of their native country’s wealth of biodiversity and production when creating their garments. Jorge Villalobos, the owner of swimwear brand AguaClara, explained that Colombia has strong competition for swimwear in Colombia. “It’s practically got summer all year round,” he laughed. Despite this, he feels […]Read more...
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Environmentalists suffer through deadliest year yet as Latin America bears brunt of violence
Politics, international relations and perhaps sport are, though generalising, a few of the areas that receive some of the most attention in Latin American countries. This is joined by reporting on crime, conflicts and culture, and even transport and redevelopment make the cut. Environmental news is, however, one area of reporting that receives somewhat less attention, and as the global awareness of eco-issues become evermore vocal, Latin America in its quest for sustainability, should not be left behind. One of the most presiding issues for the Latin area, of which six countries rank in the top ten most diverse countries in the […]Read more...
