DR. RIMA’S FINAL PERU INSPECTION TRIP BLOG ENTRY
Peru + Healers + Weavers = A Key to Real Sustainability? (and Food) Day 9
Day One: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=25555
Day Two: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=25600
Day Three: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=25617
Day Four: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=25641
Day Five: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=25660
Day Six: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=25681
Day Seven: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=25704
Day Eight: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=25736
Day Nine: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=25761
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I hope you day was as productive, exciting and forward-looking as ours was!
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General Bert and I got up early so that we could meet Humbert at 7:30 because Arturo Casteñeda, the healer we talked about in yesterday’s blog, was willing to see us for 30 minutes so that we could video tape an interview with him for the Dr. Rima Truth Reports.
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Humbert Telling Us About Inca Stonework.
After that, the plan was to head to Pisac, another astonishing Inca ruin.
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Things did not turn out that way and am I glad!
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Arturo opened up to the camera and to my off-screen comments and we stayed with him for about 4 hours. During that time, not only did we really get to know Arturo and his journey, but we realized that we have a great deal in common and perhaps should be working together. We realized that while a lot of people have some healing skills there are people who are the real deal when it comes to knowledge and experience of natural medicine.
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So our extended time with him led us to all conclude that we have a great deal of work to do together since we have converged at this point on the same path from very, very different directions.
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I hope you will take the time to watch his interview as soon as we post it. Of course, we will let you know as soon as we do that.
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After that lengthy visit, we were famished so we went back to PachaPappa for lunch. I had an alpaca brochette with a stuffed hot-ish pepper, both of which were superb.
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We decided to skip our visit to the Pisac ruins because it was raining and there is no shelter at any of the ancient sites. Of course, the stones are VERY slippery.
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We went back to the hotel to begin packing up for our return to Santiago and then wandered back to the central square to visit the Weaving collective (and pay for the weaving we purchased for our office in Santiago).
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We met the lady who created the weaving collective, now 400 families strong, and her husband, the parents of Edmund and David. We had another long conversation with Edmond and David, which I would like to share with you.
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During our time earlier in the day with Hubert, whose parents are farmers using traditional methods, we told him about the nutritional needs of the weaving community which lives on potatoes and corn.
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It is a remarkable video which needs a slight bit of editing but includes a ceremony of thanks to PachaMama as well as a discussion of the tea.
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We shared Hubert’s offer to help the village with their nutritional requirements and discussed the need to restore the growing of quinoa, a plant with a complete protein profile and learned that one of their members had, indeed, been growing quinoa but had stopped 3 years ago because there was an insect plague and he was afraid that he would lose all of the quinoa to it.
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Quinoa
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He has about 10 kilos (approximately 22 lbs) stored and I asked him to send a small sample to Hubert so that his family can look at it and help them.
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We also discussed the possibility of making their amazing weaving available to YOU on our website since they have no internet presence and their products are of a quality rarely seen.
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They weave only in baby alpaca. Would you be interested in supporting their communities by adding their treasures to your life? I have to assume that people would want to have lovingly hand crafted traditional fabrics with a history and meaning to give and to enjoy.
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Let me know what you think about that by writing to me at Dr.Rima@NaturalSolutionsFoundation.com.
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One last dinner in Cusco. So many options to chose from.
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What shall it be?
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OH! RIGHT!!!! Picadeos, the traditional Peruvian donuts made of sweet potato and pumpkin dough served with molasses. Right! NON health food. Last night.
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OK, we’ll have some organic soup and salad to go with it, just because we would feel too guilty otherwise.
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Fantastic!!!!
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We’ll be back in Cusco and Peru because it is clear there is work for us here.
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Yours for health and freedom,
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Dr. Rima
