(19 Jun 2023)
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Santiago, Chile - 19 June 2023

1. Various of Aymara music band playing drums and pan pipes
2. Table with payment to the earth, an Aymara tradition
3. Various of Aymara preparing to throw smoke
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Giorgio Jackson, Social Development and Family Secretary:
“Well, today we are celebrating the new arrival of the Sun, which is the winter solstice, which was also transformed into legality and recognition by the Chilean State on a day that is a holiday so that all native peoples can commemorate it in their own way and that is why today we are kicking off this week, which will have many celebrations throughout the length and breadth of our country."
5. Secretary Giorgio Jackson speaking
6. Various of Easter Island music band playing
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pepe Pakarati, Rapa Nui representative:
“We are marking a very important date for the original peoples of Chile: Rapa Nui, Mapuche and Aymara, of all those we know today. This is a very special date for all of us, because importantly we have a lot to show, what our culture is to the whole world."
8. Mapuche woman preparing smoke for ceremony
9. People gathered at the Mapuche ceremony
10. Woman playing the Kultrun, a Mapuche drum
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen Montupil Curin, Mapuche representative: "We convene in the ceremonial center inside this city, this concrete city. We bring here to this space a piece of our territory."
12. Various of Mapuche playing instruments and singing
13. Carmen Montupil Curin dancing

AP Video shot by Mauricio Cuevas
STORYLINE:
Music, dancing and ceremony - all of these are important to Chile's indigenous people as they celebrate the winter solstice.

The National Corporation for Indigenous Development (CONADI) proposed the Ceremony of Change of Cycle as a momentous event to showcase the rich sociocultural practices of the Aymara, Rapa Nui, and Mapuche peoples, representing the north, Easter Island, and the south of Chile, respectively.

This joyous occasion not only honored their heritage but also marked the approaching new year, coinciding with the winter solstice.

Politician Giorgio Jackson, the Social Development and Family Secretary, emphasized the significance of the celebration.

For the Indigenous people attending the event had special significance. Carmen Montupil Curin, a Mapuche representative emphasized that despite being in a city of concrete the ceremony gave the Indigenous people a chance to carve out a space for themselves.


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