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Universo Arhuaco

In June 1997, during the VIIth International Poetry Festival in Medellín, Prometeo review edited and released the book Universo Arhuaco, it is the result of gathering some texts from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta written by Arhuacos themselves. This book here by presented to our Homepage visitors at internet, shows a general view, of an aborigen Colombian community that has struggled for five centuries, -close to their Gods-, civilizations corruption about life and myth.

Who ever, individuals as well as Institutions in the world, might be interested in the contribution to a successful developmentm on the recovering acting of the land at Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in order to protect this culture do not hesitate contacting Jesús Ortíz P.O. Box 478, Manizales, Colombia.

* Foreword

* Introduction
Magic and traditional medicine
An insight of La Sierra Nevada's communities
Mamo Arwa-Viku (Crispín Izquierdo Torres)

* We live a transitional situation
A conversation with the Mamos Francisco Zalabata y Crispín Izquierdo

* The elder brothers call
Mamo Avinteiru (Juan Bautista Villafaña)

* The Mamo is a great power at the service of all
Mamo Mayor Zareymakú (Juan Marcos Pérez)

* We suffer the consequences
of the wrongly called "civilization"
Mamo Dwinimaku (Manuel Chaparro)

* Áyu and Crisis
Mamo Zarey Maku (Karmen Pérez)

* "Pagamentos" and Balance
Mamo Zeukukuy (Norberto Torres)

* We head towards self-destruction
Mamo Aruvan Seinenkwa (Otoniel Mejía Izquierdo)

* We speak the way our forefathers taught us.
Mamo Bunchanawin (Jesús Izquierdo)

* Regaining the lands within the Black Line
Mamo Mortimero Pérez.

* The thought of our reborn Mamos
Entrevista con el Mamo Luis Napoleón Torres