The Embassy of in the Czech Republic and

The University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Arts in České Budějovice

are pleased to invite you to the opening of the Photography Exhibition

AMAZONÍA PERUANA

Photos by:

Jorge Luis BACA, Alejandro BALAGUER, Jorge DÉUSTUA, Marco GARRO,

Virgilio GRAJEDA, Billy HARE, Roberto HUARCAYA, Morfi JIMÉNEZ, Mónica

NEWTON, Musuk NOLTE, Heinz PLENGE Sánchez, Heinz PLENGE Pardo,

Adrián PORTUGAL, Leslie SEARLES, Javier SILVA MEINEL,

Daniel SILVA YOSHISATO, Hans STOLL, Walter H. WUST

on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at 18.00 at the Entrance Hall of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Branišovská 1645/31a

After the ceremony you are cordially invited to a glass of Pisco Sour.

The Exhibition can be visited at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Branišovská 1645/31a, till November 18, 2018. AMAZONÍA PERUANA

This traveling exhibition, gathering 18 prominent photographers, offers a journey through the most extensive and diverse region of Peru: the Amazon. Indeed, Peru has a long coastline facing the Pacific Ocean, the high Andes mountains full of legendary wealth, and emerging from the eastern slope of such ridges is the Amazon rainforest, accounting for more than half of its territory.

Many longstanding peoples inhabit this area such as the , Amarakaeri, Ashaninka, Awajún, Bora, Kandozi, Kukama-Kukamiria, , Matsés, Shawi, Shipibo, Yánesha, , Tikuna, Wampís, and Yaminahua. With their cultural expressions and rites practiced on clear and thick forest grounds over many centuries, these peoples blend with the emerging cities along the wide rivers of the region, at the headwaters of the mythical Amazon river.

The exceptional biodiversity afforded by this region is further enriched by the ancestral knowledge of its native peoples, who invite us to protect and promote this treasure of humanity.