The Kogi are descendants of the Tairona people in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region of Colombia. When the Spanish arrived in Northern Colombia 500 years ago the Kogi fled high into the mountains of the Sierra Nevada.
The Kogi respect and live in harmony with their environment. They believe that the Sierra Nevada is the "Heart of the World". In 1990 after seeing evidence to suggest worldwide ecological damage the Kogi issued a statement through film via a Lampeter University archaeologist filmed in partnership with BBC, saying
"...the world doesn’t have to end; it could go on, but unless we stop violating the earth and nature, depleting The Great Mother of her material energy, her organs, her vitality; unless people stop working against the Great Mother, the world will not last".
The Kogi respect and live in harmony with their environment. They believe that the Sierra Nevada is the "Heart of the World". In 1990 after seeing evidence to suggest worldwide ecological damage the Kogi issued a statement through film via a Lampeter University archaeologist filmed in partnership with BBC, saying
"...the world doesn’t have to end; it could go on, but unless we stop violating the earth and nature, depleting The Great Mother of her material energy, her organs, her vitality; unless people stop working against the Great Mother, the world will not last".
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