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Gathering with Land: Benki Piyãko at Worlingham Hall

Yasmin — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:24:07 +0000

Benki Piyãko will be in England as part of his 2023 European Tour and is joining the Earthed Summit, which celebrates the transformative power of ecosystem restoration and our human potential to restore nature. We feel this is a great opportunity for Benki and his family to deepen their relationships in the UK, so we would like to invite you to an intimate gathering with Benki and his family at Worlingham Hall, an estate near Beccles in Suffolk.

We envisage a relaxing day with space to deeply connect with Benki’s unique ideas of environmental protection and restoration, which have been formed through the ancestral worldview of the Ashaninka people.

A 12pm arrival will lead to a long lunch of locally sourced food. There will be time to talk and listen to Benki in the afternoon, as well as to walk around the extensive property surrounding Worlingham Hall. Drinks and dinner will be provided in the evening before a concert by Benki’s son Raine, who recently released his first album. We will close the gathering at 10pm.

We believe gatherings like this can strengthen the environmental movement by deepening the connections between those who are part of it. We hope this day can be a moment of connection, with Benki and his family, and with like minded people and organisations who are restoring and protecting nature in the UK.

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Planting with Benki Piyãko at Worlingham Hall

Yasmin — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:22:24 +0000

With great joy we invite you to Worlingham Hall in Suffolk for a cultural exchange focused on planting and land stewardship with Benki Piyãko and his family. This planting experience offers a space to connect with the millennial Ashaninka wisdom, an unbroken indigenous lineage that originates in the Peruvian Amazon.

This wisdom holds important messages for our evolving individual and collective relationship with nature, and with great relevance in this time of environmental challenges. Benki and his family generously share their wisdom in support of the global community for nature protection and regeneration, to strengthen this network through cultural exchange and shared prayer. We are very grateful to receive Benki at Worlingham Hall, offering this precious exchange between worldviews, and the opportunity to further foster our own connection with local flora and fauna and the land itself.

Our shared experience

We will learn about the Ashaninka’s relationship with nature by accompanying Benki walking and connecting with the land. We will plant local trees, native species that preserve the original biodiversity. The cultural exchange will involve food, music, art, storytelling and collective prayer.

Worlingham Hall

Worlingham Hall is a remarkable Georgian country house dating back to the 16th century. The Marzotto family has lovingly stewarded this property since 2009, overseeing 180 acres of pristine woodland with 500-year-old oak trees, a diverse array of birds, deers, and native fruit trees, which all contribute to a truly enchanting natural environment. Here, we will have three meals a day, with local and Italian recipes.

Your donation includes:

– 6 home-cooked meals;
– 2 nights of accommodation;
– and 2 traditional Ashaninka prayers.

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Dinner with Benki Piyãko, and Raine Piyãko in Concert

Yasmin — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:30:49 +0000

November 15 2023 – Marylebone, London

Many of us are feeling the severity of the climate crisis, having experienced the devastation of the environment this year. We feel it is important to forge relationships with those committed to protecting nature and gather people who are focused on our relationship with nature.

Benki Piyãko, an Indigenous leader and environmental activist, is in England as part of his 2023 European tour. This dinner we join his global environmental efforts, a coming together of allies, across nations and disciplines, to create relationships to strengthen international climate action.

Benki is a leader of the Ashaninka People whose territory is on the frontline of the deforestation crisis in the Amazon Rainforest. Benki has focused on reforestation initiatives for more than 20 years, and his efforts have led to more than three million trees being planted. He has earned global recognition for his groundbreaking efforts to protect and restore degraded land, as well as his tireless focus on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the preservation of their land and heritage. This work has led Benki and his Ashaninka community Apiwtxa to win the United Nations Development Programme’s Equator Prize in 2017.

The dinner will be held at the Cavita Restaurant, with traditional Mexican cuisine. A central part of our night will be a concert by Raine Piyãko. Benki’s son Raine is a young leader from the Ashaninka People, a gifted artist and the Vice-President of the Yorenka Tasorentsi Institute. He recently released his first album.

Donation Includes:
– open bar of mezcal cocktails
– seated Mexican dinner (family style)
– intimate concert with Raine Piyanko
– talk from Ashaninka leader and founder of Yorenka Tasorentsi Institute Benki Piyako

Venue Address:
7pm @Cavita Restaurant, 56-60 Wigmore St, London W1U 2RZ

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