- Peru
- Cusco
About Program
Access the indigenous Science, Art and Philosophy of the Andean Civilizations, gain cross-cultural understanding!
Apulaya – Center for Andean Culture is the first educational center where Andean indigenous culture is taught in an unprecedented and innovative way. Our success combines a high academic level with direct participatory experiences. Indigenous Culture Studies is based in specialized, indigenous ways of knowing. Students will expand their knowledge and understanding of autochthonous cultures and develop new methodologies that incorporate indigenous approaches for working with intercultural issues. Our instructors are academics, specialists and experts in each area and most of them are native Quechua speakers.
Highlights:
- Practical areas: Andean Music, Textile, Art and Weaving
- Experience the fascination of Andean rituals and celebrations
- Courses on indigneous political and social systems, archaeo-astronomy and Andean philosophy