behind the bius
Who are the magicians behind biu?
Biu collaborates with local entrepreneurs from Acre in Brazil, Putumayo in Colombia and Imbabura in Ecuador. Most of them are local shops, we will share more about soon. And some...
Who are the magicians behind biu?
Biu collaborates with local entrepreneurs from Acre in Brazil, Putumayo in Colombia and Imbabura in Ecuador. Most of them are local shops, we will share more about soon. And some...
Los Yanakona: Culture, Healing, and Cosmovision...
Today majority of the indigenous Yanakona people live in the south-east of Colombia, in Cauca. There are aprox 33.000 Yanakona people. In the 16th century they settled in the Colombian...
Los Yanakona: Culture, Healing, and Cosmovision...
Today majority of the indigenous Yanakona people live in the south-east of Colombia, in Cauca. There are aprox 33.000 Yanakona people. In the 16th century they settled in the Colombian...
Los Pastos
Our collaborating artist Roberto Carlos Imbacuan is from the Pastos people. The Pastos people live in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador. Today their population is aprox 130.000 people, and their...
Los Pastos
Our collaborating artist Roberto Carlos Imbacuan is from the Pastos people. The Pastos people live in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador. Today their population is aprox 130.000 people, and their...
The Biu principles
At Biu we we love what we do and have some basic principles, which are: Products are fair, we keep it personal, we use recycled packaging, we are a constant...
The Biu principles
At Biu we we love what we do and have some basic principles, which are: Products are fair, we keep it personal, we use recycled packaging, we are a constant...
The Waira - Chakapa 🌿🌴
"Wayra" in Quechua language means "wind", and Chakapa is a Quechua word for a shaker or rattle constructed of bundled leaves. Shrubs of the genus Pariana provide the leaves for the...
The Waira - Chakapa 🌿🌴
"Wayra" in Quechua language means "wind", and Chakapa is a Quechua word for a shaker or rattle constructed of bundled leaves. Shrubs of the genus Pariana provide the leaves for the...
Who is making the hapeh?
In March 2022 I visited the Healing center of the Yawanawá village Mutum at the Gregorio river in Acre, Brazil. In the healing tradition of the Yawanawa, Rapeh is a medicine...
Who is making the hapeh?
In March 2022 I visited the Healing center of the Yawanawá village Mutum at the Gregorio river in Acre, Brazil. In the healing tradition of the Yawanawa, Rapeh is a medicine...