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Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Centro Cultural Jose Pio Aza, of the Order of the Dominicans, has organized the photo exhibition "The Amazon with a Woman’s face". As reported to Fides by a note from the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, the exhibition aims to re-evaluate the role of indigenous women of the Amazon and their contribution to the development of our society.
The exhibition opened yesterday, March 9, is inside the Ethnography Museum of the Amazon of the "Centro Cultural José Pio Aza" in Lima. The photographs present images of women from different indigenous ethnic groups such as Matsiguengas, Piros-Yines, Ashaninkas and Nahuas.
The Cultural Center "Jose Pio Aza" was created on June 9, 2003 in the Ethnography Museum. In September last year, the Center expanded its activities, developing them in various fields of research, specifically in the south area of the Peruvian jungle.
In the area the presence of the Dominican missionaries has grown continuously since 1902, given the enormous social needs of the Amazonian ethnic groups and their complex human realities. The missionaries have promoted several initiatives to support these people, working for the defense of their culture, for the promotion and development of indigenous people. The Centro Cultural Jose Pio Aza renews the efforts to increase in Peru the awareness of the missionary reality in the Amazon. (CE) (Agenzia Fides 10/3/2012)
