Atipanakuy    To view a video, click on your connection speed
Location: Peru   Length: 7 min        56k      300k      700k      56k      300k      700k
Atipanakuy is a Quechua word meaning "confrontation" or "fight." This imaginative film, much of it in Quechua with English and Spanish subtitles, reflects the Taki Ongoy cultural resistance movement of the 1500s and the rediscovery of Peruvian history through the rebirth of two scissors dancers, who dance through modern Peruvian culture. Juxtapositions of time and space, the past and the present, show the scissors dancer as a unique survivor and bearer of the ancient Andean civilization that is visible today mostly in its ruins.
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Caral Supe: The Oldest Civilization in the Americas    
Location: Peru   Length: 12 min     56k    300k    700k      56k    300k    700k
Recent research shows that cities in the New World arose nearly a millennium earlier than previously believed. Radiocarbon dates from the ancient city of Caral, Peru, show that monumental architecture was under construction as early as 2627 B.C., even before ceramics and maize appeared. The site is enormous, with platform mounds (or "pyramids"), sunken circular plazas, and residences. Caral is by far the largest pre-2000 B.C. recorded site in the Andean region and seems to be the model for the urban design followed over four millennia.
   
Chavin de Huantar: A CyArk Case Study    
Location: Peru   Length: 4 min     56k    300k    700k      56k    300k    700k
Chavin de Huantar exemplifies CyArk, a project of the Kacyra Family Foundation that is preserving the world's most valued cultural heritage sites in three-dimensional digital form. Between 800 and 300 BC, during the Chavin Horizon, the site was the ceremonial center of the Peruvian Andes and the location of the "Smiling God" of the Lanzon, represented by the Lanzon Monolith. Chavin's advanced textiles, metallurgy and ceramics changed traditional methods throughout South America. This video shows how CyArk is preserving the site in digital imagery through laser-scanning technology and the most accurate 3D models possible today.
   
Choquequirao: The Cradle of Gold    To view a video, click on your connection speed
Location: Peru   Length: 12 min     56k    300k    700k      56k    300k    700k
The Incan ceremonial and administration site and fortress of Choquequirao, over 3000 m above sea level, was built in the mid-1400s and became the focal point of Inca resistance to the Spanish Conquest from 1536 to 1572. Not built for easy access, the site today is reached in two days of disciplined march. Its urban design follows the symbolic patterns of the imperial capital, with ritual places, mansions for administrators and houses for artisans, warehouses, large dormitories, and at least 180 farming terraces that belonged to the Inca or the local people.
   
Treasure in the Andes: Chavin de Huantar, Peru    
Location: Peru   Length: 12 min     56k    300k    700k      56k    300k    700k
Chavín de Huántar, the type site of the Chavín culture, is one of the oldest major sites in Peru, thriving between 1500 and 400 BC. Chavín, featuring terraces and plazas and platforms of dressed stone, controlled and increased regional trade and developed a unique art style. Remarkably, its people did not conquer by warfare, but simply influenced the cultural development of northern Peru, participating in a broad interaction sphere. Global Heritage Fund seeks the complete conservation and restoration of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
   
MACHU PICCHU REVEALED      To view a video, click on your connection speed (56k or 300k)
Location: Peru    Length: 20 min         56k      300k      56k      300k
Few archaeological sites in the world can match the grandeur, spectacular natural setting, and mystery of Peru's Machu Picchu, located on a remote ridgetop in the Andes Mountains high above the Urubamba River. This video takes you on a tour of this UNESCO World Heritage Site and along the way outlines the development of the great Andean civilization, the historical background of Machu Picchu, and the mystery surrounding its abandonment and rediscovery. Breathtaking views combine with an authoritative and respectful narrative.
   

Victor Churay

ETNIAS:     Location: Peru       Length: 8 min.        56k  300k      56k  300k
The Amazonian peoples of the eastern Peruvian rainforest, 300,000 people in 60 ethnic groups, have rich cultural traditions many centuries old. Although often considered by outsiders to be an untapped wilderness, this region for millennia has been ably managed by its indigenous populations, who are actively adapting to the larger society while maintaining their ancient traditions. This video briefly tells their story from their perspective and offers hope for indigenous groups building a place for themselves in the modern world. Victor Churay, the narrator of this film, was murdered by robbers in Lima, Peru, in 2002. Our presentation of Etnias is dedicated to Victor's memory, to his family and to the Bora people of the Peruvian Amazon.
 
Victor Churay