This edition: Benito Santos, Raymi, Balam Ajpu, Eliana Paco
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Original tape date: November 7, 2016. First aired: November 10, 2016.We kick things off in the Museum of the City of New York. Carmen Boullosa hosts an interview with the Mexican, Benito Santos, who shares his experience participating in New York's Uptown Fashion Week. He tells us about his obsession with the human body and how he went from medical school to fashion design to become one of today's top haute couture designers.
Then we head over to Midtown Manhattan to meet Jaime and Felipe Torres, two brothers who were inspired by their passion for Peruvian and Latin American cooking to open Raymi, a restaurant enjoying great gastronomic success.
Later, we'll catch up with artist Tz'utu Kan, one of the members of the Mayan hip-hop group Balam Ajpu. The group is currently on tour promoting its first album, Tribute to the 20 Nawuales. The album is designed to use music as a means to teach people about the Mayan calendar.
Our final stop today is in Upper Manhattan to meet Bolivian designer Eliana Paco. Her colorful designs and fresh take on traditional jewelry worn by indigenous women, also known as "cholas" from La Paz, are being featured on catwalks in both New York and Bolivia for Fashion Week.
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Iniciamos en el Museo de la Ciudad de Nueva York, Carmen Boullosa entrevista al mexicano Benito Santos quien nos habla de su participación en el Uptown Fashion Week New York y en su obsesión por el cuerpo la cual lo llevo a la facultad de medicina y terminar frente a una mesa de diseño y convirtiéndose en uno de los modistos de alta costura de la actualidad.
Luego vamos a Midtwon, Manhattan, en donde entrevistamos a Jaime y Felipe Torres, dos hermanos que transformaron el encanto que sentían desde niños por la cocina peruana y latinoamericana, en el éxito gastronómico que es el Restaurante Raymi.
Más adelante, entrevistamos a Tzutu Kan, miembro de la agrupación hip-hop de origen Maya, Balam Ajpu que se encuentra en gira promocional de su primer album "Tributo a los 20 nahuales", con el que buscan transmitir todo el conocimiento del calendario maya a través de la música.
Finalizamos en el alto Manhattan, con la diseñadora boliviana Eliana Paco quien con sus diseños coloridos y una mirada fresca de las polleras y joyas tradicionales de las cholas pacenas deslumbra en las pasarelas de Nueva York y Bolivia en sus semanas de la moda.
Guest List
Tz'utu Kan Hip Hop Musician
Eliana Paco Jewelry Designer
Benito Santos Fashion Designer
Felipe Torres Chef & restaurant owner, Raymi
Jaime Torres Chef & restaurant owner, Raymi
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