INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL GAMES RAKAMO PWEYA 2026
By: Wilfredo A. Chau
By: Wilfredo A. Chau
w.chau@iricas.org
Traditional Sports and Games of Indigenous Rakamo Pweya as a good practice of Human Rights
𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐘: 10th Rakamo Pweya Traditional Sports and Games 2026
𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓: The World Indigenous Games as a good practice in the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: SEP 15-16, 2026
𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: Indigenous Reservation Flor de Coco, LORETO – PERU
𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐑: Dr. Wilfredo A. Chau – Council Member of TSG.
𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐄: Bro. Wilton Littlechild – UN Indigenous Leader
𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎:
In August 2014 a small group of intercultural bilingual teachers from the Rakamo Pweya (RP) indigenous people represented by an elementary school teacher and a small group of fellow educators nearing retirement reached out to OIDI PERU. They expressed their concern regarding the danger facing their native language, cultural expressions, and cultural heritage. Professor Eva Pacaya Ordoñez (RP) and Dr. Wilfredo Chau (OIDI) embarked on a long journey; the project seeks to raise awareness and strengthen the aboriginal language and cultural expressions through participatory community-based education. They identified Traditional Sports and Games (TSG) as an ideal collective and intergenerational connector, paving the way for the revival of the Rakamo Pewya Traditional Sports and Games (TSG-RP). From 2014 to 2026, TSG-RP activities have been carried out in the two native communities’ “Flor de Coco” and “Buenavista“ with ≈500 Indigenous people as population; these communities are in the Peruvian region of Loreto, situated on the riverbank Arabela, remote area close to Ecuador. Through the time, this work has been supported by Indigenous authorities (RP), intercultural bilingual education teachers, and all those who self-identify as descendants within that territory.
El agosto 2014 por iniciativa del pueblo indígena Rakamo Pweya (RP) “Arabelas” se contactó con OIDI PERU una docente de educación primaria y un grupo pequeño de profesores próximos a retiro, todos ellos de educación intercultural bilingüe (EIB), quienes expresaron su preocupación por su idioma originario, expresiones culturales, usos y costumbres. La profesora Eva Pacaya Ordoñez (RP) y el doctor Wilfredo Chau (OIDI) iniciaron un largo caminar y trabajos enfocados en sensibilizar y fortalecer el idioma originario, las expresiones culturales desde la educación participativa comunitaria identificando a los Deportes y Juegos Tradicionales (TSG) como el conector ideal colectivo e intergeneracional dando pase al rescate de los Deportes y Juegos Tradicionales Rakamo Pweya (TSG-RP). Desde el 2014 al 2026 los TSG-RP se vienen realizando en las dos existentes comunidades nativas “Flor de Coco” y “Buenavista” de aproximadamente 500 indígenas, ubicadas en la región Loreto-Perú, en la ribera del río Arabela, zona remota fronteriza con Ecuador. Este trabajo siempre cuenta con el apoyo de las autoridades indígenas RP, sus profesores EIB y todos los autoidentificados descendientes RK .
The organizations IRICAS.ORG and OIDI Peru are joining forces with Marcos Terena and Wilton Littlechild to organize the third edition of the World Indigenous Games, creating a space to strengthen our identity, one that takes pride in tribal heritage and indigenous roots.
Loreto, Octubre 2026