Pakarinka Sisari Ancestral Wisdom Center

Our Ancestral Inheritance

Our Andean culture is alive and vivifying, for that reason the secrets of the ancestral life have been preserved with extraordinary wisdom to be shared today in reciprocal growing (watunakuy), as it were announced long ago by our ancestors. The ancestral wisdom was communicated from spiritual teacher (Taita Yachak), to student, from grandparents to grandchildren, in a mystical tradition that interconnects all the generations. We remember the traditional wisdom of our grandfather Yachak José Santillán Amaguaña, who was harassed because he lived according to his indigenous Andean wisdom. Before his death, the transmission of his ancestral wisdom was trusted to his son Rafael Santillán Amaguaña.

As leader and spiritual guide to the indigenous community of Agato, Don Rafael spread the prophecy that was being developed from the depths of the Earth: "Jaripak churi ñami shamunchi kaipimi kanchi" "Children of the Great force, we are arriving, we are here".

The Pakarinka Sisari Ancestral Wisdom Center : we are a great family (JATUN AYLLU) integrated by musicians, educators, agriculturists, craftsmen, communitarian leaders, Yachaks, wise grandparents and children.

Oscar Santillán

Oscar is a Yachak in charge of making energetic healings and sacred rituals. Musician with a formative trajectory, he makes his own percussion and wind instruments taking into account each propitious lunar and solar cycle for its careful elaboration. Father of Pacha Sisa, Attipac, Inti and Rimak, he lives in the Community of Agato-Otavalo.

Guillermo Santillán

Beekeeper and herbalist, expert in natural medicine and Andean gastronomy, he is also a musician, chiropractic and autodidact archaeologist and curator. Guillermo is in charge of the organization of the Pakarinka Sisari museum. Father of Yla Muyurina.

Rumiñahui Santillán

Rumi is the president of the Indigenous Communitarian Government of Agato-Otavalo. Chiropractic , beekeeper, craftsman, musician and researcher of Andean dance, he works hard in motivating young people of the community to live the dance like an expression on life in harmony with nature.

Laura Santillán

Principal of Yachay Wasi Intercultural Trilingual School , she is a very strong c ommunity leader and educator in Andean pedagogy. Facilitator in training lectures all around Ecuador , she gives seminaries about the Andean Cosmo-vision and modern cosmology. Mother of Jumandi, Sinchi and Achik, she lives in Quito .

Luis Fernando Chimba Simba

Doctor in Pedagogy, Fernando is also alphabetizer of adults, manager of projects in benefit of the preservation of the wisdom of the Andean-Amazonian towns. Facilitator of educational workshops for intercultural in land-astronomy, Andean nutrition and medicine-alternatives.

Rosa Maria Santillán Muenala

Jatun Mama (Wise Grandmother), she is the care taker of biodiversity of the chakra (small farm) and an live example of the ancestral wisdom. She is the mother of Laura, Oscar, Guillermo and Rumiñahui.

Our doors are open to all the beings who wish to know our traditions and want to be part of this great Andean Ayllu (family). We are not a hostel, we are not part of a tourist or hotel network, we offer basic accommodation with option of meals within the center (temple), this way the visitor is immersed in the world of Andean Cosmo-vision. The center is constructed on the plateau of Agato (known for its strong telluric force) a propitious place for meditation and learning.

The visitors are considered part of our ayllu (family), and they will be able to experience the valuable knowledge of our ancestors in their own land.