Meli Witran Mapu

The four lands, one drum.

The kültrún holds the four directions of the Wallmapu. Touch a land to turn the drum toward it — the world shifts, and the pieces that belong to that direction rise to meet you.

Kültrún · the four lands A vectorial kültrún: outer sky ring, cardinal cross, and the four elemental symbols — Antü (sun, east), Küruf (wind), Ko (moon/water) and Mapu (earth) — around a central golden portal.

Every direction carries a force. Every piece belongs to one.

Wenu Mapu was born from the relationship between body, earth and cosmos. The kültrún maps the four lands of the Wallmapu — Pikun, Puel, Willi, Lafken — and we place each piece under the direction it answers to. Not a costume of a culture, but a way of reading: choose a way, and its offerings rise from the centre. Crafted with intention. Worn with purpose.

Küme kimün — knowledge carried through the body.

Los astros emergen adosados a su cuerpo, a su vida cotidiana y a su futuro. No hay lejanía, sino distancia con las estrellas, planetas, constelaciones y otros astros que pueblan esa tierra que es también el cielo.

Sonia Montecino Aguirre Premio Nacional de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, 2013

contratapa de Wenumapu — Astronomía y Cosmología Mapuche, Margarita Canio Llanquinao y Gabriel Pozo Menares, OCHOLIBROS, 2015 · ISBN 978-956-335-205-4 · read the source →

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