Guadalupe Patiachi Tayori
Name in Harakbut (pseudonym): Kolit
Title: Resistencia de los Abuelos / Resistance of the Elders
Media: Paint on Canvas
Dimensions: 18” x 14”
Brief description: Mining activity has brought consequences that have devastated our territory. This work shows the resistance of the Harakbut people through the wise men and women. Thanks to them the knowledge, language, culture and customs of the Harakbut people are maintained despite the threats of mining. The wisdom of our ancestors through nature shows us alternatives to reduce deforestation. People must not underestimate the power of our struggle as indigenous peoples, they must not underestimate the ancestral wisdom to decide our destiny. With this struggle we do not want to break the laws, we want it to be known, to make our struggles visible. The only way is to move forward because nature is watching us.