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by Jessica on September 1, 2015 in 2015 Programme, 2015 Projections

Identidad
Colombia

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Identity is a search for roots. Any questions about the indigenous peoples of Colombia and its political
situation. It is a review of how the con<ict has directly affected the roots of Colombians.
The Nukak Maku, one of the last nomadic tribes of the planet, live in the dense jungle of Guaviare in the south.
Its territories have become theater of war and heavy armed confrontations. The Wayuu indigenous people of
the Guajira, who has been massacred by paramilitary, state resources never reach them and multinationals
steal the little water they have and is killing them with thirst. In recent years, thousands of children have died
from malnutrition.
The Erst attempt to exterminate the people who worked on the rubber plantations in Uitoto, a village in the
Amazon rainforest, was decimated when the British tried to enslave entrepreneurs to trade rubber. Today their
land is a theater of war and the scene of dispute between the public forces, guerrillas and drug trafEckers.
The Embera Kato, a village of Indians who inhabit the humid tropical forests of northern Choco in the
Colombian PaciEc, have been displaced by the presence of armed groups in their communities. Today, almost
10 years after displacement, communities have not fully returned to their lands, their rights have not been
restored and the Colombian government responds only palliative to the plight of indigenous communities. With
the passage of time they will lose their language, customs, traditions and knowledge. Women are essential in
any society and are the structure of indigenous groups, so this tribute re<ection on the faces of four women,
from around the country, with so many different languages that they could not interact with each other, but the
structure of their society and their way of life is the same. They also share the pain and misfortune being
victims in a foreign con<ict. Forgotten and neglected by the government.

Rahul Kumar Das

Jost Franko

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