Anahí Mariluán

Four short native stories reflect, with the rich colors and textures of stop-motion, the deep ancestral wisdom contained in simple moments of everyday life.

It portrays the Mapuche singer Anahí Rayen Mariluan on her quest to uncover the profound meaning of the manke (condor) for the Mapuche people. Upon discovering the existence of a lonko (leader) named Mankewenüy (friend of the condor) who lived on the shores of Lake Nahuel Huapi around 1790, Anahí decides to travel and retrace the paths taken by her ancestors. As a ñampulkafe and ülkantufe (traveler and singer), Anahí seeks sounds and stories that will allow her to create songs containing the newen of the manke (the condor's natural strength).

The Lof Kintupuray community tells its story through the collective construction of an ancestral Mapuche canoe called a wampo. During the process, they investigate how they were built in ancient times, when residents communicated across the lakes.