Mapuche
noun
Ma·pu·che
mə-ˈpü-chē 
1
plural Mapuche or Mapuches
: a member of an Indigenous people of southern Chile and Argentina
2
: the Araucanian language of the Mapuche
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Rooms also have fireplaces, handsome furnishings, and fluffy Mapuche blankets, on top of which poems by Pablo Neruda arrive each night along with chocolates.
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Mark Johanson, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
Throughout the convention, the flag of the Mapuche people was often displayed, but not Chile’s national emblem.
—Andres Velasco, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2022
Similarly, Mapuche artist Seba Calfuqueo engages ancestral wisdom and themes of sustainability in her 3D animation, MAPU KUFÜLL (2020).
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2024
For many Mapuche, this presents not solely a territorial dispute: The land is part of their cultural and spiritual identity.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
In Chile, the indigenous Mapuche people had resisted Spain’s conquistadores, sometimes defeating them in battle.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
The horrors are bounteous, the narrative a bit disjointed; the Indigenous people, along with Segundo, who is half Mapuche, say little or are largely silent.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
Weaving together experimental rock with the evocative sounds of the Mapuche tribe and their Mapudugun chants — alongside over 1,000 pitches of whale vocalization — ECDYSIS unveils itself as a captivating and meditative odyssey.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Dec. 2023
As the film begins, Gallardo Vásquez provides a brief yet vivid primer on Mapuche culture and trepidatiously steps out of their comfort zone and into a divine set of days filled with rituals that mingle alongside rural life in the south of Chile.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 24 Aug. 2023
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Mark Johanson, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
Throughout the convention, the flag of the Mapuche people was often displayed, but not Chile’s national emblem.
—Andres Velasco, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2022
Similarly, Mapuche artist Seba Calfuqueo engages ancestral wisdom and themes of sustainability in her 3D animation, MAPU KUFÜLL (2020).
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2024
For many Mapuche, this presents not solely a territorial dispute: The land is part of their cultural and spiritual identity.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
In Chile, the indigenous Mapuche people had resisted Spain’s conquistadores, sometimes defeating them in battle.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
The horrors are bounteous, the narrative a bit disjointed; the Indigenous people, along with Segundo, who is half Mapuche, say little or are largely silent.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
Weaving together experimental rock with the evocative sounds of the Mapuche tribe and their Mapudugun chants — alongside over 1,000 pitches of whale vocalization — ECDYSIS unveils itself as a captivating and meditative odyssey.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Dec. 2023
As the film begins, Gallardo Vásquez provides a brief yet vivid primer on Mapuche culture and trepidatiously steps out of their comfort zone and into a divine set of days filled with rituals that mingle alongside rural life in the south of Chile.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 24 Aug. 2023
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“Mapuche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mapuche. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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