On the Way to the "Best Place in the Jungle" Lili, an environmental activist from Guayaquil, participated in the Intercultural Meeting of the Cofán People that took place a few days ago in the community of Dureno (Sucumbíos, Ecuador). Now she tells us about her experience: I undertook this journey after overcoming many obstacles. I live in Guayaquil and I realized how tied I am to […]
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The Cofán Nationality of Ecuador invites everyone to enjoy the GREAT TRADITIONAL CHONTADURO FESTIVAL, which will take place in the Cofán Dureno commune (Sucumbíos province). What does the Chonta festival mean? In the A'i nationality, the Chonta festival is the beginning of the new year, for which the […]
Arturo Hortas, a Spanish documentary filmmaker, director, and singer-songwriter (Zaragoza, 35) who has already produced several documentary and research projects on the situation of the Amazonian peoples, recently visited our country to prepare his latest film about the Sarayaku people. Ballenita Sí had the pleasure of speaking with […]
The UN (United Nations, of which Ecuador is a member) commemorates this August 9th the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples with a strong call to states to comply with existing agreements and commitments with these communities. In fact, the 2013 theme is "Indigenous Peoples Building Alliances: […]
Drawing made by a child of the Ecuadorian Amazon Towards the end of last year, the former Minister of Non-Renewable Resources, Wilson Pastor, announced in a press conference that among the companies interested in participating in the current bidding round for the blocks in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon were Petrominerales, Pacific Rubiales, and […]
BY: Tizziana RussoFrom a hammock I contemplate the nightIn the distance a star shinesAbove the mountain sheds a sighA deep solitude visits me and embraces me,ties me up and bites me.Last night there was hell and also heavenwhere I found a woman who was cryingand as she did her pain turned into rainthat wet my skin.A man was praying to the God […]
By: Fidel Aguinda. MOMENTS IN THE CEREMONY Spiritual Healing Our ancestors left us a profound faith in the wonder of the spiritual world, and it is the sacred Yagé plant that has allowed us to discover it. In this sense, we must follow the procedure and rules involved in the preparation step by step […]
Martin Cúneo / Lago Agrio (Ecuador) Published in Diagonal The Ecuadorian court orders Chevron to pay $19 billion. And the Argentine court seizes all of its assets. The end of the "trial of the century" is near. In a process unprecedented in the world, in January 2012 the Ecuadorian court upheld the ruling […]
BY: Yorly Margoth Lasso Queta, descendant of the Cofan People. INGAMA CHIGA MA´KAE KUEÑACHU KUNDASEPA Before, CHIGA (God) walked this world with his mother; no one else existed, so he told his mother to make a lot of chicha. By God's command, she began to make chicha; he also began to build a large ranch, but […]
We share with you the third and final installment on this important topic in the worldview of this and other Amazonian peoples. Article written by Fidel Aguinda. RULES WITHIN THE YAGE RITUAL The celebration of ceremonies requires us to comply with rules given by nature itself, which […]
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