Biocultural Regeneration "Ayni"
It has long been in our hearts of imagination to one day bring forth biocultural regeneration.
It has long been in our hearts of imagination to one day bring forth biocultural regeneration.
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autopoiesis llc partnered with Kusi Kawsai Association 501c(3) and Wiñay Taki Ayllu to be our first focus project. Located in the heart of the Sacred Valley of the Inca's. We began our relationship with this community in 2014 when researching "ayni."
Kusi Kawsay Association
Our Mission
By supporting traditional cultural practices, children will embrace the ecological mindfulness of their ancestors, and help
foster a balanced ecosystem.
Providing access to education that is rooted in Andean culture and tradition, Kusi Kawsay serves as an educational
model that inspires other indigenous schools to approach learning through a sensitive and stimulating environment while
honoring and celebrating traditional ways of life.
Our Guiding Principle
Reciproity, or Ayni, the Andean mandate of giving and receiving in all aspects of life, plays a significant role in Kusi
Kawsay’s educational approach. Reciprocity between man and nature is celebrated with Andean agrarian calendar events
focused on cosmic cycles of the solstice and equinox, as well as the dry and rainy seasons. This traditional calendar is the
foundation for Kusi Kawsay’s curriculum and the revival of ancestral cultural practices and rituals by students and their
families is creating a ‘living legacy’ for the community. By integrating these events into the school curriculum, Kusi Kawsay
not only broadens the education of its students, but also deepens the communities’ ties to its rich Andean roots.
Our Mission
By supporting traditional cultural practices, children will embrace the ecological mindfulness of their ancestors, and help
foster a balanced ecosystem.
Providing access to education that is rooted in Andean culture and tradition, Kusi Kawsay serves as an educational
model that inspires other indigenous schools to approach learning through a sensitive and stimulating environment while
honoring and celebrating traditional ways of life.
Our Guiding Principle
Reciproity, or Ayni, the Andean mandate of giving and receiving in all aspects of life, plays a significant role in Kusi
Kawsay’s educational approach. Reciprocity between man and nature is celebrated with Andean agrarian calendar events
focused on cosmic cycles of the solstice and equinox, as well as the dry and rainy seasons. This traditional calendar is the
foundation for Kusi Kawsay’s curriculum and the revival of ancestral cultural practices and rituals by students and their
families is creating a ‘living legacy’ for the community. By integrating these events into the school curriculum, Kusi Kawsay
not only broadens the education of its students, but also deepens the communities’ ties to its rich Andean roots.
Kusi Kawsay Andean School |
Weaving Wisdom at Kusi KawsayLucia Ccana Santa Cruz
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Our Vision
Kusi Kawsay envisions accompanying children in their development, respecting their integral being, customs, history,
mythology, worldview and tongue. We provide equal opportunity for girls and boys alike to participate in society with
developed problem solving, creative decision making and acute leadership skills, woven with a common thread of an intact
self-esteem and a richly dignified sense of cultural identity.
Kusi Kawsay envisions accompanying children in their development, respecting their integral being, customs, history,
mythology, worldview and tongue. We provide equal opportunity for girls and boys alike to participate in society with
developed problem solving, creative decision making and acute leadership skills, woven with a common thread of an intact
self-esteem and a richly dignified sense of cultural identity.
Ayni Scholarship Fund
Kusi Kawsay presents The Ayni Scholarship Fund
booklet. Click to open and help us spread the word! Donate to Kusi Kawsay’s Ayni Scholarship Fund to support a respectful, dignified and fulfilling education for our children here in the Sacred Valley, Peru. Kusi Ñan is an Organic FarmKusi Ñan’s mission is to be efficient in and support rural
agriculture through the wisdom of our ancestral Andean practices, which hold the solutions to ensuring global food security. 
Kusi Ñan is an Organic Farm project created by the
graduates of the Kusi Kawsay Andean School. Following the Kusi Kawsay education, the graduates were motivated to revitalize and reclaim their culture by contributing to their community as agents of change. A new road or a happy path, which in their native tongue of Quechua translates into “Kusi Ñan”, was created. |
Ñawpa Ñan
Ñawpa Ñan
This cultural work began in 1993, fourteen years before Pachamama’s Path came into being, and the amazing grassroots work throughout these years still serves as the strong foundation for all the projects that have come to fruition since, such as The Kusi Kawsay Andean School, and the most recent Kusi Ñan Organic Products. This collaborative work was initiated by a core group of local families in Pisac, Peru, with each individual contributing years of dedicated investigation of their ancestral heritage, as well as personal experiences in surrounding highland traditional communities that practice their traditional way of life to this day. Communally they weave their experiential knowledge, and together practice their traditional culture and values; serving as an inspiration as a viable path. This work is strongly rooted in traditional music, dance and ceremonial practices, which was activated through practicing and celebrating the Andean Calendar. Every year, we celebrate Inti Raymi (Solstice) from the 18th – 21st of June. Indigenous communities from around the world have joined us to mark this momentous event. Weavers of Life
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Winay Taki Allyu
We are a group of families and individuals that we recognize as AYLLU, which is nothing else than the Andean community of individuals carrying a common spirit consciously living in constant interaction, and we assume with dignity, love and commitment to research, learn , practice and propagate ancient Andean wisdom, enriching experience at the same time gives us the opportunity to enjoy the harmony and happiness in our lives. We are dedicated to the investigation, practice and teaching of traditional music, song and dance in the town of Pisac and the surrounding communities. We have recompiled a vast resource of information and knowledge regarding the instruments, dress, and values, and also a deep understanding of the specific purpose of each vibration and use of instruments and voice to communicate and reciprocate with the cosmos according to each time of year and what is happening in nature. We have held music classes every Saturday open to the general public, inviting them to participate in community outreach events through music, celebrating the Andean calendar in the town of Pisac, and inspiring communities to keep practicing their valuable traditions. We formed a musical group of sikuris (panpipes) called “SIKIRIS P’ISAQA”.
“In this way we provide a space dedicated especially to children and youth to learn and practice their cultural heritage, which we as members of Wiñay Taki Ayllu teach with deep affection.”
“In this way we provide a space dedicated especially to children and youth to learn and practice their cultural heritage, which we as members of Wiñay Taki Ayllu teach with deep affection.”