The Black Line
Music Video
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GANYARIKIES,
LA LÍNEA NEGRA
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English translation.
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Coal plant
built atop a sacred
site
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Making offerings at
sacred sites
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THE GUARDIANS OF THE
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all photos ©
TEP Rick
Harlow
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Sierra Nevada de
Santa Marta (SNSM),
Colombia, The Heart
of the World...
The Koguis, Arhuacos,
Wiwas and Kankuamos
consider themselves the
Guardians of the World.
They have also been
declared at risk for
cultural extinction by
Colombian Court decree.
Imagine Indigenous
Peoples so exquisitely
connected to divine that
they care and pray for
our entire planet, for
the Mother in all her
fullness. They petition
for balance and health
of the oceans and
rivers, all plants and
animals, human
relationships, even the
sap flowing in the
trees.
To do this, they must
make a pilgrimage in the
highest coastal
mountains on earth known
as the Heart of the
World (SNSM). This
pilgrimage pays homage
to 54 sites along the
border of SNSM known as
the Línea Negra or Black
Line. The Black Line
forms a triangle, 100
miles on each side. This
pilgrimage for which
they are seeking help is
called the Black Line
Journey.
In a few short weeks,
with your help, their
spiritual leaders, or
Mamos, will embark on
the Línea Negra. This
pilgrimage will help to
bring balance to Mother
Earth, revitalize their
traditions and protect
their sacred lands from
the ravages of
development, energy
extraction, drug
trafficking and civil
wars.
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94-year-old Arhuaco
Grand Mamo Seukukwi will
lead this epic journey
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Why time is of the
essence...
These four Indigenous
Peoples acknowledge
Arhuaco Grand Mamo
Seukukwi to be the
Spiritual Geographer of
the Sierra. At 94, time
is running out for him
to impart his knowledge
to the younger Mamos and
apprentices.
The 54 sacred
sites along the Línea
Negra are all
interconnected. The
Grand Mamo knows the
medicines of all these
sites and how they
interrelate and converge
at Gonawindúa, known as
Mt. Bolivar, who reigns
at 18,700 feet.
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Reclaiming their
birthright...
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Undoing colonialism
The Koguis, Arhuacos,
Wiwas and Kankuamos made
their pilgrimages for
millennia. With
aggressive encroachment
their traditions began
to erode. Their homeland
was divided into three
states to weaken their
Indigenous rights.
Access to some sites is
now being denied. Other
sites have been paved
over.
In the last 4 years,
through the help of The
Elders Project, the
people have had the
opportunity to resume
the sacred rite of
pilgrimage, making 3
journeys. By making the
pilgrimage at this time,
it serves to create an
energetic fence
protecting the land and
the people and
strengthening and
revitalizing their
teachings, traditions,
language and sacred ways
of life.
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Who are Indigenous
Peoples? Why does
protecting them now
matter more than ever?
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Rick Harlow, The
Elders Project
Coordinator,
with the
Arhuacos |
"Indigenous
Peoples hold the
moral reserve of the
World,"
Onondaga Chief Oren
Lyons to the UN
Forum on Indigenous
Issues, 2013.
"It's pretty
ironic that the
so-called 'least
advanced' people are the
ones taking the lead in
trying to protect all of
us, while the richest
and most powerful among
us are the ones who are
trying to drive the
society to destruction."
Noam Chomsky
Indigenous peoples are
peoples defined in
international or
national legislation as
having a set of specific
rights based on their
historical ties to a
particular territory,
and their cultural or
historical
distinctiveness from
other populations that
are often politically
dominant. The concept of
indigenous peoples
defines these groups as
particularly
vulnerable to
exploitation,
marginalization and
oppression by nation
states that may still be
formed from the
colonising populations,
or by politically
dominant ethnic groups.
(as
defined by Wikipedia)
What truly sets
Indigenous Peoples apart
is their intrinsic
connection to the Sacred
World and how that
informs their lives and
is the guidepost
for bringing Western
Culture back into
balance and right
relationship with Mother
Earth.
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