The paintings and stories of the painter Don Pablo Amaringo's Amazonian and religious realities subtly guide you through this film, in which you share space and time with a series of teachers who are experts on the language of the Amazon's plants, seen by many as “the world's pharmacy”. This documentary is called “Ayaruna”, which means “deceased” in Quechuan, and acts as a bridge between different realities, setting up a profound philosophical dialogue that deals with the language of the spirit and covers subjects like the mystical experience and medicine in our time.

This video brings us the voices and minds of Farmers from Cuzco, Peru. They explain what school they want for their children, what education is needed for life to flourish and for the strength of ancestral times to be carried over to new generations. Over the past decade the Nucleus for Andean Cultural Affirmation CEPROSI has been working in Cusco with groups of rural teachers and parents in order to attain an understanding of education and cultural diversity. The reflections they make on the way in which Andean children learn of both worlds, western and Andean, lead them to unexpected conclusions that deserve to be listened to and taken into account.

As you leave behind the Pacific coast and penetrate deep into the Amazonian jungle, crossing into the Andes, you come across: healers, vegetalists, shamans... old men with knowledge of their traditions and of our times. Free, hospitable and very graceful, they agree to show you their most highly valued treasures. What does a healing represent? Land and art intertwine through the mountain range and the jungle in this adventure packed with intimate goes beyond the known to the unknown aspects of being.