A Letter to You from Amazonia

Bankova, Mila;Gencheva, Svetlana;Yahuarcani, Rember
(2010) 35 pages, submitted

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  • Bankova, Mila
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  • Gencheva, Svetlanaorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Yahuarcani, Rember
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Abstract
In 2006, the anthropologist Mila Bankova arrived in Peru, driven by her reverence for the opportunity to encounter the magic of a completely different civilization. This led her to some of the most remote areas of the Amazon jungle—the Madre de Dios region, with its capital, Puerto Maldonado, located at the borders of Bolivia and Brazil. She joined an association of volunteers working on a humanitarian project in Peru. One of the central themes of Amazonian myths and legends is the connection between people and the world around them. For Amazonian peoples, nature and society are two aspects of a single whole. Humans, animals, plants, rivers, the sky, and natural phenomena share the same origin and purpose. The wind and water are also living beings—they move, dance, and speak.
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Bankova, M., Gencheva, S., & Yahuarcani, R. (2010). A Letter to You from Amazonia. Mila Bankova. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/239533