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Mapuche textile companies from La Araucanía will set the first Guinness World Record
A Mapuche loom (witral) fabric 1 km long by 50 cm wide was registered as a challenge before Guinness World Records by Fundación Chilka and its execution will be broadcast worldwide.
“Ngüren 1Km” is the name of the event that will take place in the summer of 2021, where the best Mapuche weavers will meet, using implements manufactured in La Araucanía, witral and wanku (loom and bench), with first-class sheep wool, brought directly from Tierra del Fuego, Magallanes Region.
“We are Mapuche and from Wallmapu, our ancestral territory, with 500 of our ngürekafe (weavers) we are going to be the first indigenous people in the Southern Hemisphere to establish a Guinness Record worldwide, because it is a way to dignify our culture and demonstrate the vitality of our people, "said Ariel Traipi Huilipan, President of the Chilka Foundation, adding that" we invite private companies in the region to donate to this initiative under the law of cultural donations and people who want to join this effort, the day of the event it will be able to be seen by more than 750 million viewers of the GWR channel around the world ”.
Arts and crafts
To reach this milestone, which will put the world's eyes on Mapuche crafts, Fundación Chilka will specify in the coming weeks the creation of a Mapuche Ngüren School of art and craft, where weavers will start an online training (in the context of the Coronavirus), in order to achieve a first quality result, which after establishing the Guinness World Record can be exhibited in the Louvre Museum in Paris and in the Smithsonian Institution in New York.
People who wish to register for the challenge and obtain more information about this event, can access the website www.fundacionchilka.org
We will take the Textile Exhibition to the Louvre Museum and Smithsonian Art Gallery NY
After the GWR event, the second phase of this initiative begins, supported by actions of a cultural economy in our Mapuche territory of Araucanía. Our weavers will be recovering strength after having deployed all their energies and enthusiasm to beat the first world record of the Mapuche people, a milestone no less for the rest.
Subject that does not end there of course; our challenge is always greater, now our weavers will be part of a platform that will allow them to consolidate future actions, such as being part of the cultural base of the First Institute of Ancestral Arts and Crafts in southern Chile. A solid commitment to strengthen the future of ancestral Mapuche art.
For this reason, we have established the necessary alliances with international entities such as the United Nations in New York and the Smithsoniam Institute to carry out an exhibition of unique contemporary art that will hold a GRW certificate and then tour some countries since April 2021. Ariel Traipi Executive President affirms Chilka Foundation.
Attendees will enjoy this innovative show that will allow them to travel deep into our ancestral Mapuche culture by clicking on the large format Textile made with the wise hands of our Mapuche women weavers. This is what we wish to capture in this first world-class milestone in which culture and values are the basis for forming prosperous and lasting relationships.
Creation of the First Institute of Mapuche Ancestral Arts and Crafts
Talking about a challenge as big as this leads me to think of a couple of situations that ancestral art and crafts go through, especially of the Mapuche people. In what infrastructure conditions do Artisans work today? Normally it is precarious and invisible, since their work translates into making products on a human scale; However, few are the artisans who complement their workspace with an experience for visitors or tourists who want to know the work they do. On the other hand, in what way can the cultural economy be integrated into the artisan's work? Experiences from other countries and even closer still, Pomaire is a small town of pottery artisans, belonging to the Melipilla Commune dating from 1771, tourist and cultural space that sets a precedent in creative work.
Where are the Mapuche people, where do they make their products, can you see them? Many times we hear this from countless people interested in knowing more, also tourists and even tour operators; who show a great interest in knowing the process of the different ancestral techniques. Well, much more than a simple look to show the exercise of craftsmanship, but better still to value the entire process that this entails.
For this reason and much more, we believe that starting a project in the medium term would allow us to improve the infrastructure conditions for work and development of a cultural economy based on comprehensive work.
Today we are generating the necessary instances and milestones to enforce our proposal to take it to the next level. This space will represent a vision of the future to project art and crafts for the next 1000 years in time.
Proposal for a Law on Indigenous Intellectual Property in Chile
Cultural appropriation is the adoption or use of cultural elements by members of another culture. Also known as cultural misappropriation, it is often portrayed as harmful and is considered a violation of intellectual property rights against the culture of origin. Also unavoidable when multiple cultures come together, cultural appropriation can include using traditions, food, symbols, technology, language, and cultural songs from other cultures.
According to the criticisms of this practice, misappropriation is different from acculturation, assimilation or cultural exchange, since appropriation, whether or not improper, refers to the adoption of cultural elements in a colonial way: Cultural elements of a minority culture are copied by a dominant culture, then these characteristics are used outside their own cultural context, sometimes used despite the conservation wishes of the culture of origin.
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Mapuche textile companies from La Araucanía will set the first Guinness World Record
A Mapuche loom (witral) fabric 1 km long by 50 cm wide was registered as a challenge before Guinness World Records by Fundación Chilka and its execution will be broadcast worldwide.
“Ngüren 1Km” is the name of the event that will take place in the summer of 2021, where the best Mapuche weavers will meet, using implements manufactured in La Araucanía, witral and wanku (loom and bench), with first-class sheep wool, brought directly from Tierra del Fuego, Magallanes Region.
“We are Mapuche and from Wallmapu, our ancestral territory, with 500 of our ngürekafe (weavers) we are going to be the first indigenous people in the Southern Hemisphere to establish a Guinness Record worldwide, because it is a way to dignify our culture and demonstrate the vitality of our people, "said Ariel Traipi Huilipan, President of the Chilka Foundation, adding that" we invite private companies in the region to donate to this initiative under the law of cultural donations and people who want to join this effort, the day of the event it will be able to be seen by more than 750 million viewers of the GWR channel around the world ”.
Arts and crafts
To reach this milestone, which will put the world's eyes on Mapuche crafts, Fundación Chilka will specify in the coming weeks the creation of a Mapuche Ngüren School of art and craft, where weavers will start an online training (in the context of the Coronavirus), in order to achieve a first quality result, which after establishing the Guinness World Record can be exhibited in the Louvre Museum in Paris and in the Smithsonian Institution in New York.
People who wish to register for the challenge and obtain more information about this event, can access the website www.fundacionchilka.org