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> Subject: [comunidades] Urgent appeal to all Ecovillages Networks
> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 23:36:33 EST
>
> A LA SOMBRA DEL CANELO
>
>             URGENT APPEAL TO ALL ECOVILLAGE NETWORKS
>
> Sunday 12th March, all the inhabitants from one of the oldest Ecovillages 
> of
> Colombia were at a meeting in Bahia de Taganga, near the Tairona Park, at 
> the
> foot of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta on the Caribbean coast, when word
> arrived from the mountains, that all their houses had been burned down to 
> the
> ground by the FARC (Frente Armado Revolucionario de Colombia), the largest
> guerrilla force in the country.
>
> Thirty years ago, a group of people from different cities and regions of
> Colombia and from other countries as well, decided to drop out and move to
> the high Sierras, to create an alternative life style, and to learn from 
> the
> Mamos, the shamans and elders from the Kogi Nation.  They began building
> their houses, raising their children, growing their food, doing crafts,
> learning from the local indigenous people, teaching what they knew,
> developing a sustainable and spiritual environment, and  becoming a new
> emerging tribe that came to be know as the Hippie/Kogis.
>
> The Kogi, one of the largest and best preserved indigenous communities in
> Colombia, together with the Arahuacos and the Arzarios, have lived in that
> part of the Sierra Nevada for centuries, maybe thousands of years, having
> very little contact with the outside world, preserving their culture,
> language, environment, forms of government and especially their religion.
> The first time they opened their villages to the rest of the world was a 
> few
> years ago, when a crew from the BBC was allowed to get to their hidden
> villages, talk to their Mamos and let the rest of us know their message 
> “From
> the Heart of the World: a message from the Kogi to their younger 
> brothers”.
>
> Today, word came to us that the Kogi are not allowed to leave their 
> villages,
> they are confined to the Sierra and are kept as hostages by the FARC.
> The Hippie/Kogis are a historical blend of cultures, trying to live the 
> best
> of both worlds, and three generations of them, have given a very special
> flavor to the whole area. They have formed an international community, 
> which
> includes Colombians, Argentineans, Danes and French families. This original
> community is now part of the emerging Red de Ecoaldeas de Colombia 
> (Colombian
> Ecovillages Network), which was born this winter at a First Bioregional
> Gathering, held in the department of Antioquia and hosted and coordinated 
> by
> La Caravana Arcoiris para la Paz.
>
> Unfortunately, in the last months, the Sierra, which had for years been 
> under
> the control of the FARC, now has become a battle ground between them and 
> the
> Paramilitary forces, both trying to hold that strategic road that
> communicates Colombia with the Venezuelan border. And the access to the 
> sea.
>
> Last Sunday, the Hippie/Yogis joined the other 2,000,000 Colombian
> desplazados, farmers, fishermen, indigenous people all over the country 
> that
> have had to leave their homes because of the war, and have become homeless,
> jobless, robbed of their spirit and a growing problem for the oversized
> cities.
>
> We are therefore sending a national and international appeal to all
> Ecovillages Networks to let the world know about this situation, to contact
> them, show support for their cause and send your generous help in this 
> moment
> of crisis.
>
> The Caravan is helping set up today a center in the city of Medellin to
> collect clothes, bedding, food, money,medicines, household goods, anything
> that can alleviate the more than 30 families and their children.
>
> The Colombian Ecovillages Network and Foundation Servir will be helping
> coordinate this action, so please contact them as soon as possible.
>
> A day-long collection point in the city of Medellin has been established at
> the house of:
> Silvio Rios
> Cra. 78A #32-B-22
> Medellin (1/2 cuadra del cementerio de Belen)
>
> Contact people for all offers of help:
> Beatriz Arjona: bearjona@epm.net.co
> Marta Llano: selva@sentir.org
> Rainbow Peace Caravan (Caravana Arcoiris): subcoyotealbert@hotmail.com
> lioraadler@aol.com
>
> PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE OUT TO YOUR LIST
> FAVOR DERADUCIR Y MANDAR A OTRAS DIRECCIONES
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Alejandra Liora Adler
> Caravana Arcoiris para la Paz
> lioraadler@aol.com
> www.tortuga.com/caravan (English)
> www.ecolinkvillage.net/lacaravana (Espanol)
> www.lacaravana.org (under construction/ bajo construccion)
>
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