At the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Nely Ninantay Yonaje shares her experience growing up in the remote Peruvian Amazon community of Queros. In the Festival's "Perú: Pachamama" program, she was one representative of the Wachiperi people who are fighting to preserve and revive their traditional customs and native language.

Producer and editor: Claudia Romano

Videography: Charlie Weber, Holly Wissler, Claudia Romano