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  • Kurrrimangk Chihuaihuen is an active member of the Mapuche community in the fight for his peoples autonomy. He lives on the ancestral lands of Juana Calfunao, the known defender of Mapuche culture and traditions. He lead a self sustaining life tending to his agriculture and livestock. Araucania, Chile. February 15, 2018.
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  • Elisabeth Mesa Calfunao, 34 rural primary school teacher is the daughter of a white Chilean and a Mapuche mother.  She grew up in a poor neighbourhood of Santiago. At the age of 25 she opted to fully embrace her Mapuche roots and migrated to what remains of her ancestral lands in Araucania. As an adult she learned to speak Mapuzungun, Mapuche language and now teaches it in her rural classrooms, Loncoche, Chile. February 19, 2018.
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  • Jaime Huenchullan, is a farmer  and a Werken, which means  messenger in Mapuche  cosmology he is also a political activist. He became very well known in 2018 news for having being arrested and accused of terrorism together with his two brothers and seven other Mapuches for vandalising and torching forestry trucks. During their trial it became evident that the so called proof had been planted by the police in the form of false information posted onto their WhatsApp messages and other telefone interceps. Since his prison release he lives with his family on land reclaimed from big land owners where he tends to his livestock and his vegetable patch.  Like most rural Mapuches they are self sufficient, Temulemu, near Temuco, Chile. February 16, 2018.
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  • Jaime Huenchullan, is a farmer  and a Werken, which means  messenger in Mapuche  cosmology he is also a political activist. He became very well known in 2018 news for having being arrested and accused of terrorism together with his two brothers and seven other Mapuches for vandalising and torching forestry trucks. During their trial it became evident that the so called proof had been planted by the police in the form of false information posted onto their WhatsApp messages and other telefone interceps. Since his prison release he lives with his family on land reclaimed from big land owners where he tends to his livestock and his vegetable patch.  Like most rural Mapuches they are self sufficient, Temulemu, near Temuco, Chile. February 16, 2018.
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  • Maria Antahuilia Nahuelpi lives in a small hut in the countryside of what is known as the resisitance zone of Mapuche territory. She is a well known Machi,  a powerful healer,  Shaman but also the most respected  religious figure in Mapuche culture. Often a Machi is chosen whilst being a child depending on her or his character, often described by outsiders as the Creator God. Most often Machis are women, Araucania, Chile. February 16, 2018.
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  • Juan Pichun Paillalao is the son of two mothers, meaning that his father and eminent Lonko, Mapuche leader prefered to have two wives according to their tribal tradition.  The family lives in a house made of tin roof and pine walls typical of recently reclaimed land. The traditional Mapuche Ruka, or circular hut of wood planks and straw roof is no longer used by modern day Mapuche families, Temulemu, near Temuco, Chile. February 16 2018.
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  • Kurrrimangk Chihuaihuen together with his wife Juana Calfunao Paillalef both are active members of the Mapuche community in the fight for their autonomy. They live on the ancestral lands of Juanas family where they lead a self sustaining life tending to their agriculture and livestock, when not confronting the authorities on matters of Mapuche self determination, Araucania, Chile. February 15, 2018.
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  • Don Rosendo Curilaf, 90 and wife Margarita 89 at the burial site of their ancestors, a Mapuche cementary in Cuno. Rosendo is a guardian of tradition and culture and knows everything about Mapuche rites and rituals, including burial which he conducts at the request of members of his community. Cuno, Chile. February 12, 2018.
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  • Juana Calfunao Paillalef,  a female Lonko, leader and certainly one of the most outspoken defenders of the Mapuche cause stands in front of her Ruka,  the traditional circular wood and straw hut on her ancestral land. Having being inprisoned several times and in all for more then four years, has become an important symbol for the resistance of her indigenous people. She is internationally known and admired both at home and abroad, though her many enemies inside the Chilean state consider her to be a terrorist. She and her family are constantly threatened  and intimidated by the police. They have suffered multpile physical and verbal aggressions over the years as well and continually be under surveillance. Unbowed she continues her resisitance fight, Araucania, Chile. February 14, 2018.
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  • Juana Calfunao Paillalef,  a female Lonko and certainly one of the most outspoken defenders of the Mapuche cause stands in front of her Ruka,  the traditional circular wood and straw hut on her ancestral land. Having being inprisoned several times and in all for more then four years, has become an important symbol for the resistance of her indigenous people. She is internationally known and admired both at home and abroad, though her many enemies inside the Chilean state consider her to be a terrorist. She and her family are constantly threatened  and intimidated by the police. They have suffered multpile physical and verbal aggressions over the years as well and continually be under surveillance. Unbowed she continues her resisitance fight, Araucania, Chile. February 14, 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.
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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.
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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.
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  • Don Mario Mila Millalen, 69 is a senior Mapuche political leader, known in their language as the Lonko of the Lonkos. Hes been a political activist all his adult life. He has been involved in governmental meetings  dating back several Chilean presidents, including meetings with former General A. Pinochet in an attempt to improve the living and working conditions of the Mapuches and above all else resolve the hotly disputed matter of the expropriation of their ancestral lands. Loncoche, Chile. February 12, 2018.
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  • Don Mario Mila Millalen, 69 is a senior Mapuche political leader, known in their language as the Lonko of the Lonkos. Hes been a political activist all his adult life. He has been involved in governmental meetings  dating back several Chilean presidents, including meetings with former General A. Pinochet in an attempt to improve the living and working conditions of the Mapuches and above all else resolve the hotly disputed matter of the expropriation of their ancestral lands. Loncoche, Chile. February 12, 2018.
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  • Musician Jose Otaiza, 43 in front of his ancestral homes entrance, 20 Kms outside Villarica town. José grew up in the poorist neighbourhood on the outskirts of Santiago. Hes a mestizo, mother being a Mapuche, father is a white Chilean. José quit schooling at an early age, to dedicate himself to music and became a street musician. He then joined a group and began touring, particularly in Argentina. He then followed his ambition and traveled across Latin America, mainly Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador to further his knowledge of Indigenous musical expressions. Following on he traveled to Europe, principally Germany  for several years before returning to reconnect with his  Mapuche  heritage which he strongly missed. Seen here with his collections of instruments which he plays and makes. Loncoche, Chile. February 9, 2018.
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  • Musician and instrument maker Jose Otaiza, 43 in front of his ancestral homes entrance, 20 Kms outside Villarica town. José grew up in the poorist neighbourhood on the outskirts of Santiago. Hes a mestizo, mother being a Mapuche, father is a white Chilean. José quit schooling at an early age, to dedicate himself to music and became a street musician. He then joined a group and began touring, particularly in Argentina. He then followed his ambition and traveled across Latin America, mainly Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador to further his knowledge of Indigenous musical expressions. Following on he traveled to Europe, principally Germany  for several years before returning to reconnect with his  Mapuche  heritage which he strongly missed. Seen here with wooden stakes which in Mapuche culture have religious and mystical dimensions.  Loncoche, Chile, February 9, 2018.
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  • Don Mario Mila Millalen, 69 is a senior Mapuche political leader, known in their language as the Lonko of the Lonkos. Hes been a political activist all his adult life. He has been involved in governmental meetings  dating back several Chilean presidents, including meetings with former General A. Pinochet in an attempt to improve the living and working conditions of the Mapuches and above all else resolve the hotly disputed matter of the expropriation of their ancestral lands, Loncoche, Chile. February 12, 2018.
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  • Travelling along the Magellan strait, which separates Patagonia from <br />
Tierra del Fuego and parts of Argentina and Chile.
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  • A group of young circus artists putting on make up and costumes. This circus group, known as "Circo del Mundo" was created by Bartolome Silva a social worker to help support street kids with very troubled background and lure them off that life  and hopefully aid them into a brighter future, Santiago, Chile.
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  • A young trapeze artist practices his routine with the circus group known as "Circo del Mundo" which are associated with Canada's Cirque de Solei, Santiago, Chile. This circus group was set up to aid and develop young troubled juveniles and remove them from the city streets, give them hope and a brighter future.
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  • Penguin (Magellan) sanctuary on Margarita Island, Chile.
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  • Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia (Argentina) as seen from the Beagle Channel and the south lying Navarino Island (Chile).
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  • Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia (Argentina) as seen from the Beagle Channel and the south lying Navarino Island (Chile).
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  • Puerto Navarino on Navarino Island (Chile) on the south side of the Beagle Channel, from where you can see Ushuaia and the rest of the                         Argentine coast line.
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  • Juana Calfunao Paillalef,  a female Lonko and certainly one of the most outspoken defenders of the Mapuche cause stands in front of her Ruka, the traditional circular wood and straw hut on her ancestral land. Having being inprisoned several times and in all for more then four years, has become an important symbol for the resistence of her indigenous people. She is internationally known and admired both at home and abroad, though her many enemies inside the Chilean state consider her to be a terrorist. She and her family are constantly threatened  and intimidated by the police. They have suffered multpile physical and verbal aggressions over the years as well and continually be under surveillance. Unbowed she continues her resisitance fight.
    20180215_chile_mapuches_073.jpg
  • Don Rosendo Curilaf, 90 and wife Margarita 89 at the burial site of their ancestors, a Mapuche cemetery in Cuno. Rosendo is a guardian of tradition and culture and knows everything about Mapuche rites and rituals, including burial which he conducts at the request of members of his community, Cuno, Chile. February 12, 2018.
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  • a classic Bentley  takes part in the famous Mille Miglia (1000 mile) car race in Patagonia, Argentina.  This event takes it's name from the famous race that is still conducted in Italy, but now known as the Mille Miglia Storica after the race was band after several fatalities in 1957.
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  • a classic Bugatti racing car takes part in the famous Mille Miglia (1000 mile) classic race in Patagonia, Argentina. This event takes it's name from the famous race that is still conducted in Italy, but now known as the Mille Miglia Storica after the race was band after several fatalities in 1957.
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