2016-2017 Construction on Tierra Negra.
A house is being built on a terrace, with grand stone stairways up to it. It is being crafted with fine hardwoods found in the surrounding forest. Only trees already dead on the ground are used. At times they are discovered high up the mountainside and wrestled down the steep slopes, or found floating down the Buritaca River to Tierra Negra.
The house is just a wooden frame now, with a roof but no walls until the boards dry out and stabilize, yet it provides a dry place for sleeping and to store supplies and tools.
Much has been done, but opportunities abound. If anyone would like to spend time on Tierra Negra, and help with any of our projects, feel free to contact us for details. Our aspiration is food self-sufficiency, and in ample quantity to sustain a Kogi family or two who could then live on Tierra Negra to share their culture and way of life, including weaving cloth on the telar indigena, a standup loom, (men's work) and mochila making (women's work), and the spiritual meanings behind these traditions.
A house is being built on a terrace, with grand stone stairways up to it. It is being crafted with fine hardwoods found in the surrounding forest. Only trees already dead on the ground are used. At times they are discovered high up the mountainside and wrestled down the steep slopes, or found floating down the Buritaca River to Tierra Negra.
The house is just a wooden frame now, with a roof but no walls until the boards dry out and stabilize, yet it provides a dry place for sleeping and to store supplies and tools.
Much has been done, but opportunities abound. If anyone would like to spend time on Tierra Negra, and help with any of our projects, feel free to contact us for details. Our aspiration is food self-sufficiency, and in ample quantity to sustain a Kogi family or two who could then live on Tierra Negra to share their culture and way of life, including weaving cloth on the telar indigena, a standup loom, (men's work) and mochila making (women's work), and the spiritual meanings behind these traditions.