Yompor Partsesha
Compassion and transformation in the Yanesha world
8 min. clip
This film presents the history, the trajectory and the transformational mission of Yompor Partsesha, “Our Father The Powerful.” As the personification of the sun, he is the most important ancestor for the Yanesha. The first part of the story tells about how Partsesha was born together with his sister, the moon, the transformative tasks he performed, and his ascension to heaven. The second part tells about the return of The Powerful to the world, his long tread through the Central Andes of Peru, and his second ascent to heaven, where he eventually became the sun.
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Recorded in the Central Andean Amazon of Peru, in 2005-06.
Directed by Wilton Martinez, Richard Chase Smith & Espiritu Bautista
Production: Instituto del Bien Comun / Executive Producer: Richard Chase Smith
Research: Espiritu Bautista & Richard Chase Smith
Camera & Editing: Wilton Martinez / Sound: Eduardo Bryce & Daniel Kirwayo
Production Assistant: Valbina Miguel / Illustrations: Anselmo Cruz / Maps: Richard Chase Smith
Funding & Support: Ford Foundation / Distributed by the Instituto del Bien Comun
Duration: 44 minutes
This film is recommended for teaching about subjects including:
oral history
myth and religion
religious syncretism
Yanesha cultural identity
Andean Amazonian cultures
Latin American studies
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