THE INDIANS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA WERE NEVER TRULY VANQUISHED BY THE SPANIARDS. DESCENDANTS OF AN ANCIENT SOUTH AMERICAN CIVILIZATION CALLED THE TAYRONA, AWAVA, AND IKA NUMBERED ABOUT 45,000 TODAY.
FOR4 CENTURIES THEY FLED TO PEAKS OF 18,000 ' ABOVE THE CARRIBEAN. THEIR DREAM WAS TO BALANCE THE POTENTIAL OF THE HUMAN MIND AND SPIRIT WITH ALL THE FORCES OF NATURE. THEIR INTIATION CAN TAKE UP TO 18 YEARS. THEY ARE TAUGHT THE VALUE OF THEIR SOCIETY.
SEPARATED BY LANGUAGE DIALECTS ALL OF THE TRIBES ABOVE HAVE SIMILAR MYTH AND MEMORY. THEY ARE TRUE MYTH AND MEMORY. THEY ARE TRUE TO THEIR ANCIENT RITUALS. THEY ARE INSPIRED BY A RITUAL PRIESTHOOD. THEY BELIEVE THEIR SPIRITUAL WORK ALONE MAINTAINS THEIR COSMIC BALANCE.
THEY CALL THE FORCE OF CREATION THE"ALUNA", HUMAN THOUGHT, SAIL AND IMAGINATION. THEIR 9 LAYERED WORLD OF THEIR COSMOLOGY WAS ALL EXPRESSIONS OF CREATION, AND EACH INFORMS THE OTHER. THE WHITE HATS WORN BY THE ARHUACO TRIBE SYMBOLIZE SNOWFIELDS OF SACRED PEAKS. THE HAIR ON A PERSON'S BODY ECHOS FOREST TREES THAT COVER MOUNTAINS. EVERY ELEMENT OF NATURE IS EMBUED WITH GREAT SIGNIFICANCE. AND ALL CREATURES CAN BE SEEN AS TEACHERS.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.COM
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