Mapuche Tribal Portrait Chile

Lorenzo Ayallapan Cayuleo, 81 also known as El hombre Pájaro, Birdman. Lorenzo claims to speak and understand 60 different bird languages. In the Mapuche world he is aknowledged as a sage and guardian of his peoples ancestral culture. Seen here at his favourite spots where four rivers meet the Pacific Ocean in the bay of Puerto Saavedra in Araucanía. He claims it to be a place of great energy which makes it easy to listen to the four sounds of life: the earth, the sea, the wind and the sound of the trees. He is a master imitator of all these diverse sounds, Puerto Saavedra, Chile. February 13, 2018.

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Lorenzo Ayallapan Cayuleo, 81 also known as El hombre Pájaro, Birdman. Lorenzo claims to speak and understand 60 different bird languages. In the Mapuche world he is aknowledged as a sage and guardian of his peoples ancestral culture. Seen here at his favourite spots where four rivers meet the Pacific Ocean in the bay of Puerto Saavedra in Araucanía. He claims it to be a place of great energy which makes it easy to listen to the four sounds of life: the earth, the sea, the wind and the sound of the trees. He is a master imitator of all these diverse sounds, Puerto Saavedra, Chile. February 13, 2018.