On Sunday we started the morning learning about the Yanesha indigenous community here in Oxapampa. We went on a walk to learn about dance, songs, plants, and about wakon in the Yanesha traditions and culture.
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| El Wakon Yanesha Walk |
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The Yanesha created patterns from animals and natures. The photos above show the geometric patterns/ designs and its connection to an animal or natural thing.
These designs are on clothes, bags, and straps on headbands. We stopped by an artisan store owned by Claro who is known for her designs using natural materials in the Yanesha tradition.
For lunch we went to Picaflor, which serves Yanesha traditional foods. Picaflo means hummingbird in Spanish, and in Yanesha it is Chomoth.
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| Otarech |
I tried the Otarech dish, which is a fish dish served with yuca and two different local potatoes, red onions, and tomatoes. It was very delicious!!! 😋
It was an honor to be able to learn about the Yanesha community. We next went to a viewpoint which also highlighted the Yánesha and Asháninka communities.
The Yánesha were broken into 48 communities across different regions.
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| Entrance to the stairs to walk up to the Oxapampa viewpoint. |
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