Our hostess, Claudia, explains the Kawsaymi family project in Otavalo, Ecuador, which seeks to preserve and share this people's rich traditions with a focus on its scrumptious cuisine.

Claudia teaches us to prepare some delicious dishes from Otavalo, Ecuador's Kawsaymi culture.

In this segment, Claudia teaches us how to prepare a delicious white carrot locro, or hearty stew. Learn the ingredients it contains and how they are cooked in order to obtain that delicious flavor, unique to the Kawsaymi indigenous family.

Following the steps indicated by our hostess Claudia, let's finish off and plate our delicious white carrot locro.

Learn to cook step by step a delicious dessert that is typical of the community of Otavalo: Llama Chaqui, which is also known in different communities as Chaqui Tanda.

Claudia puts the final touches on her Chaqui Tandas, a scrumptious traditional dessert from Otavalo, Ecuador.

Claudia brings us another traditional recipe from the Kawsaymi family: potatoes with amaranth and squash seeds and an herbed pork chop. Step by step, she'll explain to us how to prepare this delicious and nutritious dish.

Let's watch Claudia finish off her delicious dish: potatoes with amaranth in squash seed sauce, accompanied by a scrumptious herbed pork chop.

In Otavalo once again, we will learn about the innumerable benefits of honey and how our bodies can benefit from this natural product.

From Otavalo, Ecuador, Blanquita Arias shows us the different components of the indigenous clothing from her community, which is most typically worn to attend weddings.

Claudia, a painter and fine and visual artist, explains to us the importance of being able to express herself through her art and how she began to paint for others on commission as well as creating her own brand of "Capullu" caps.

Vicky from the KIRU Dental Center in Otavalo, Ecuador, shares with us some home remedies for oral hygiene.

From Otavalo, Ecuador, Silvia Ruiz immerses us in the brilliant world of costume jewelry and tells us how this project created by a group of families works.

Milmarte is a family workshop in Otavalo, Ecuador, that specializes in making wool products. Anita Ramírez explains to us the processes they follow to create their beautiful garments.

Welcome to Tarpuy, a nursery near the city of Otavalo that launched during the pandemic to grow and sell cacti, succulents, and other types of plants that are thought to help people to connect to themselves and nature.