Peru 2025-2026

Project Aymara Women - Suma Ankara

• A series of portraits and interviews with Aymara women, sharing their life stories, culture, and traditions.

• Creating videos that highlight Aymara ancestral knowledge and honor the contributions of women.

• Launching a project to support the sale of handmade artisanal products.

• Co-creating a community initiative to foster the revitalisation and transmission of ancestral knowledge to Aymara youth

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During 2 weeks, we spent time with 8 Aymara families in the community of Molloco, located 45 minutes from the city of Puno, Peru. We lived with the families and shared their daily lives, days that begin at 5 a.m. and continue until nightfall. Their routines are guided by tasks to care of family and home, including cooking, managing animals (dogs, cats, chickens, cows, sheep, pigs, llamas, guinea pigs, etc.), working the fields with potatoes, quinoa, beans, and more, as well as weaving clothing and other artisan pieces, most often intended for sale.

Our project focused primarily on the lives of the women in the community, their stories, their life lessons and their traditions. Resilient and inspiring women whose determination and generosity deeply moved us. This project aims to celebrate them and honor their work, which is unfortunately not always recognised as it should be.

Here, we would like to introduce them to you.

Irma, local project coordinator

Grimalda

Jacinta

Lourdes

Ilda

Emilia

Felicia

Helena

Gabriela

Marta

Graciela

Portraits of Aymara women

Making of

The first step of our project was to live with Aymara women and their families in the Molloco community. We shared in their daily routines on the Andean Altiplano, and helped with everyday tasks. We also accompanied them in the mountains with their animals, enjoyed traditional meals together, tried on their festive clothing, and engaged the local youth in the filming process.