Escuela D4 Arica
Celebrate the ancestral MACHAQ MARA, which marks the beginning of the new Solar Cycle coinciding with the Andean New Year, strengthening students' appreciation for the social and cultural diversity of the Arica and Parinacota region with dance and music in June 2025.
PARTICIPANTS
All students of the school who are in Early Childhood Education (Prekindergarten and Kindergarten) - Basic Education (1st to 8th grade), and all teachers from each grade, assistants, parents, guests who gave talks, coordinators, pedagogical leaders, and the principal.
ACTIVITIES
Activities carried out in May and June
meetings were held with the coordinating teachers from each level of education and the Principal, Mrs. Ruth Dini, at the beginning of the school year to organize the celebration of Machaq Mara in June 2025.
Talks were held to highlight Machaq Mara, an ancestral celebration that marks the beginning of the new solar cycle, coinciding with the Andean New Year. The guests who gave the talks were parents of Aymara origin and history teachers. The talks were held in classrooms in each of the participating classes from the aforementioned levels.
Afterward, and supported by the talks received, each subject teacher conducted meaningful and collaborative pedagogical experiences among the students, teachers, and parents in a climate of self-care, care for others, and care for others. These activities were carried out from May to June, based on the students' own beliefs, those of their parents and/or ancestors, and the talks received. Students from each class at the participating levels prepared the celebration with music and dances, wearing appropriate costumes.
CONCLUSIONS
The celebration of the ancestral MACHAQ MARA was achieved among the students of Preschool (Prekindergarten and Kindergarten) and Elementary Education (1st to 8th grade) at School D4 in Northern Arica, Chile, strengthening their appreciation for the social and cultural diversity of the Arica and Parinacota region.
All students at the school attended, sitting or standing in the courtyard, observing the MACHAQ MARA celebration. This same celebration was held in their classrooms by all participants at School D4 at the aforementioned levels.
All participating students strengthened their identity and respect for indigenous peoples with an intercultural approach through the celebration of MACHAQ MARA.
Principal Ruth Dini and teachers Patricia Eloy and Gladys Hernández, Life Link coordinators.
