A talk about the stories of our peoples

On 7th July, our brother Alfredo shared a very nice space, given the participation of three children: Débora Pinedo, Pablo Benítez and Fran Chavarría, from the community of Cascajal, in Chimbote, Ancash region.

They talked about the stories of our peoples. Here are some ideas offered by Alfredo:

- Oral stories develop our health, help our spirits. Because physical illnesses are worse if our spirits are low. The spirit is vital and the stories are an extraordinary food for the soul, for well-being.

- The stories born in our land, if they are told to us by someone, it is giving us a gift. With this we are consolidating, welding the unity that we should have as a family. Whoever tells us a story gives a fortune to our soul.

- Stories improve communication and at the same time allow us to settle where we come from, from there comes our charm, our pachaque (love).

- From end to end, this land is very rich in stories, in life experiences and imagination, in inventing worlds based on our world. When we collect the stories we are recovering the health of the communities. The strength to sow and the joy to reap.

- The stories have survived because of the honorable efforts of our elders. By collecting the stories we are honoring the memory of our grandparents: returning to support the reasons for their struggle. By recovering knowledge we are recovering the land where they were born, the land that fertilized them.