Aluna
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Dear earthlings,
Two weeks ago, we attended the Aniwa Gathering at Big Bear in California. With many Indigenous Elders present to share their wisdom, it was an opportunity to connect with traditional wisdom from all over the world. This included the Kogi (Arhuaco) from so called Colombia, who offered Sacred Materials through daily Pagamentos to the land of the Serrano (and the Earth below).
The film Aluna — which follows an earlier BBC documentary From the Heart of the World: Elder Brother’s Warning — is described as “an ecological warning from the Kogi”. It was made 11 years ago, and its message is now more prescient as globalised society continues to ignore Earth’s cry, what we call climate change, and the clear need for an intentional relationship with our Great Mother, our home.
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— Aluna
Aluna is a rare insight into the elusive world view of the Kogi people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the highlands of Colombia. A worried Mamo (Kogi shaman) calls upon an old friend, retired BBC documentary filmmaker Alan Ereira, to sound the alarm bell that westerners’ damage to Mother Earth has gone too far.
The Kogi’s ancestral wisdom, along with their strong connection to Aluna can weave ecosystems back to health. We, their “younger brothers”, should heed the call and redeem ourselves from the damage we have already caused.
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📺 What we’re watching: Aluna: Kogi’s Ecological Warning
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📚 What we’re reading: Decolonial Ecology by Malcolm Ferdinand
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