“The squirrel and the tiger”

Yanesha tale

1:10 min.

Traditional Yanesha story narrated by Osni Caramash, a student at the Educational Center in the Community of Loma Linda, Peru.


Recorded in the Yanesha community of Loma Linda in the Central Andean Amazon of Peru, 2005.



Directed by Wilton Martinez / Production: Instituto del Bien Comun

Research: Lucy Trapnell / Camera & Editing by Wilton Martinez

Sound: John Figueroa & Maximo Santa Cruz / Music: Daniel Kirwayo

Funding & Support: Ford Foundation / Distributed by the Instituto del Bien Comun

Duration: 1:10 minutes



This film is recommended for teaching about subjects including:

socialization and enculturation

oral tradition and cultural identity

myth and symbolism

linguistic anthropology

Andean Amazonian cultures

Latin American studies

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