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| Thamé Artisan Theatre (Resistance) |
Dozens of artists showed their support for the Indigenous Peoples in Resistance through music, performance and live painting on Saturday night at the First Resiste Sarayaku Fest that took place in Plaza Colón, in the city of Guayaquil.
Pablo Valero, one of the organizers (Support Center for Amazonian Peoples in Resistance. Litoral Chapter), commented with satisfaction that "the main objective, which was to inform citizens of large consumption centers about what Amazonian peoples experience in oil exploitation areas, was achieved."
The space assigned for this event seemed small in the face of the massive presence of the Guayaquil public who watched and listened to fragments of the documentary “El Sumak Kawsay es sin gasolina” by director Pablo Valero; which, added to the informative capsules between the artistic participations, served so that children, young people and adults living in Guayaquil could learn about the reality of the situation of this Amazonian community, which like other Amazonian groups have recently declared resistance to the announced round of oil blocks that will affect an area almost two and a half times larger than the ITT Yasuní project and that will start at the end of October, as mentioned on several occasions during the day.
One of the performances that caught the public's attention was the performance of the group THAME Teatro de Artesanos, who through their work RESISTENCIA showed from their perspective what is currently happening in the Ecuadorian Amazon and undoubtedly also the moment when Yaku and Huayna (musicians from the Kichwa community in resistance of Sarayaku) with guitar in hand offered two songs, one of them in Kichwa, showing very specific aspects of their people's culture, the public's response was their ovation.
Franco Viteri, another representative of Sarayaku, said that it was very good to see the interest of the people of Guayaquil, although he believes that due to the misinformation sponsored by the party interested in the exploitation (without consultation), it is necessary for citizens to know more about this matter.
Meanwhile, Franklin Toalá, one of the members of the Sarayaku governing board, said from Pastaza: "All in gratitude from Sarayaku to all the people who support the survival of the Amazon in Ecuador and the world."
Coincidentally, in October, the Sarayaku community is expecting the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica to issue its ruling on the lawsuit it has filed against the Ecuadorian State for having failed to take action that violated its human rights. This verdict is expected not only by the indigenous peoples of Ecuador, who hope that it will put pressure on the Ecuadorian State to comply with what is stipulated in the Constitution regarding prior, free and informed consultation regarding extractive projects.
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