“The spirituality of our Inca ancestors lives in our way of life. In the way that we remember where we come from in order to have a stronger presence in this world.”

Jun 14

Puma Quispe Singona (poo-mah kees-pay sing-oh-nah)

healer, spiritual leader

IMAGE SOURCE: “Pumadventures Peru Tours: Sacred valley – Machupicchu.” pinterest.com. | TEXT SOURCE: ”New World Rising.” Native America. PBS. 2018

QUOTE CONTEXT: “We come from the stars. We are honorary guests on this planet and we are guardians of life on this planet...We celebrate in our spirituality that we are constantly being reborn...What we put in these offerings is elements that connect us to the sun, to the moon, to Mother Earth.”

QUOTE QUESTION: In what ways does your ancestral spirituality live on in your way of life?

IMAGE CONTEXT: “Puma was trained by his grandfather Don Maximo in the Mastery of Andean Ceremonies and rituals.”

IMAGE QUESTION: What causes you to lift your smile to the sky?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a video series. The image was posted on Pinterest.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide when to allow your image to be shared on on media platforms?

“The spirituality of our Inca ancestors lives in our way of life. In the way that we remember where we come from in order to have a stronger presence in this world.”

Puma Quispe Singona (poo-mah kees-pay sing-oh-nah)

“We Quechua people live far from the state. For us, the state is another nation. They have never come to our communities to ask how things work. We have even built the schools ourselves.”

“We are returning to the old systems—ayni, family, agriculture. As there is no economic movement, this is how we are living.”