Leyendas de Karukinká

Follows the life of the man who served in Chile as the first Marxist to be freely elected to lead a nation of the Western Hemisphere, until military leaders overthrew his government in 1973.

A catalog of books deposited in the library under law of 1872; and, from 1891-1898, books by Chilean authors, or relating to Chile, published in other countries.

The exhibition is centered in the period when Chile was part of the Tawantinsuyu territory, the largest Pre-Columbian empire of the Americas, covering more than 12000 miles from the south of Colombia to central Chile. During the 15th century emperor Topa Inka Yupanqui conquered the territory that is now Chile and until the arrival of the Spanish conquerors, the territories of northern and central Chile were governed by Inca emperors and leaving behind and important language legacy. The exhibition includes archaeological metal, textile and stone pieces from diverse museums in Peru: Museo...

Música, movimiento, flores, fuego y comida se conjugan con la devoción, oración y cariño para expresar la profunda fe de nuestro pueblo chileno. Los sentidos vibran con el creativo vestuario de las cofradías, los melódicos cantos a lo divino, la cacofonía que acompañan a los miles de danzantes que compiten por la atención de Jesús, la Virgen o algún santo. Más de 200 fotografías logran captar la esencia íntima y la emoción colectiva que abundan en seis de las más tradicionales fiestas religiosas del país.