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  • From: "SEED PEACE" <seedpeace@hotmail.com>
  • To: permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Fwd: [comunidades] Urgent appeal to all Ecovillages Networks
  • Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:08:22 PST




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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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