FAUSTINO MAMANI


Quiquijana, Cusco
3553 masml
District: Quiquijana
Province: Quispicanchis
Region: Cusco

Quiquijana rests among the heights of the Vilcanaota mountain range and the altiplano region of southeastern Cusco. The lovely central plaza and roads of this picturesque village were declared historical monuments in Peru on July 23rd 1980.

Faustino managed a grocery store before beginning to work with his wife Juanita and their children in the art of maquinask’a embroidery, their primary means of livelihood today.