Mysteries of the Titikaka Lake: Cultural productive management for the revaluation of the Aymara Cul
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“Mysteries of Titikaka” is a community based project to be developed with the participation of five Aymara communities located at the Titikaka Lake and owners of an ancestral treasure: cosmovision, tradition, rituals, archeology, and nature (biodiversity of the lake and the Andes Mountains). This project proposes to develop the product in the following components: equipment, signals, training (touristic services and touristic management), technical assistance in promotion and commercialization over the “Mysteries of the Titikaka” concept. The visitant will perceive two thematic axes:
a) Mysteries of the origin of the Andean people: history, archeology, myths, legends, Aymara ...
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desafío.
“Mysteries of Titikaka” is a community based project to be developed with the participation of five Aymara communities located at the Titikaka Lake and owners of an ancestral treasure: cosmovision, tradition, rituals, archeology, and nature (biodiversity of the lake and the Andes Mountains). This project proposes to develop the product in the following components: equipment, signals, training (touristic services and touristic management), technical assistance in promotion and commercialization over the “Mysteries of the Titikaka” concept. The visitant will perceive two thematic axes:
a) Mysteries of the origin of the Andean people: history, archeology, myths, legends, Aymara ...
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 | 206 weeks ago Patricia Breuer Moreno submitted this idea. |
