The Voice of the Voiceless. Mbyá Guaraní Community.
The Argentine Embassy in Uruguay and the MAPI – Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art presented the exhibition “The Voice of the Voiceless. Mbya Guaraní Community”, which opened on Saturday, November 10.

This exhibition was developed on the basis of the photographic, musical, and documentary production carried out within the framework of the La Voz de los sin Voz (Voice of the Voiceless) Program, which seeks to promote and preserve the expressions of music, “rituals,” and dance that make up the cultural heritage of Latin America, giving voice to its artistic and musical identity.

Within the framework of the exhibition, on Monday, November 12, a seminar on the Mbya Guaraní worldview was held, with the participation of Sebastián Arias, coordinator of the La Voz de los sin Voz Program; José Javier Rodas, Deputy Director of the Fortín Mboreré Bilingual and Intercultural School in Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina; Guillermo Sequera, researcher, Paraguay; Ignacio Báez, of the Language Center of the University of Buenos Aires; Carmen Curbelo, director of PROPIM-UdelaR and member of the MAPI Administrative Commission, and Raquel Georgiadis, member of the Intangible Heritage Area of the National Cultural Heritage Commission, which is currently carrying out the Program for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the communities of the Guarani nation of CRESPIAL (Regional Center for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Latin America).

This project was sponsored by UNESCO through the Culture Sector – MERCOSUR Cluster, by the Presidency of the Argentine Nation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of that country, and the Secretariat of Culture of the Republic of Paraguay, and was managed by the Fundación Música Esperanza.