Who are the Uaí?
In the late 1960's, high in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta a few young people arrived on a spiritual quest, searching for a more meaningful life. They wanted to learn from the Kogi Indians at a time when very few people outside of the region had heard of these people. When they started birthing children up in the mountains, the mamas finally accepted them and allowed them to stay but only if they subjected themselves to the laws of the mamas, or leaders of the community, and adopted the Kogi way of life. To this day, hippie-kogi still live in the Sierra and are accepted as Uaí, the fox tribe.
In the late 1960's, high in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta a few young people arrived on a spiritual quest, searching for a more meaningful life. They wanted to learn from the Kogi Indians at a time when very few people outside of the region had heard of these people. When they started birthing children up in the mountains, the mamas finally accepted them and allowed them to stay but only if they subjected themselves to the laws of the mamas, or leaders of the community, and adopted the Kogi way of life. To this day, hippie-kogi still live in the Sierra and are accepted as Uaí, the fox tribe.