00:23My name is Félix Arevalo, from the indigenous people of Cubeo,
00:26from the traditional name of Yonema.
00:28We are resisting in this moment the 15 indigenous peoples in this moment,
00:32because they are taking us out of our territory,
00:35they are killing leaders and leaders of our indigenous territory,
00:40where we have lost our language, we have lost our pimenta,
00:45we have lost our harvest,
00:47that's why we are here fighting,
00:49we are resisting a clear and perfect response.
00:59We have a very serious health issue,
01:04respiratory diseases, diarrhea diseases in children,
01:15with parasites,
01:19severe and severe disease.
01:20So, let's say that the health situation is very complex,
01:24that's why we have asked that there is a permanent health brigade
01:28to be able to mitigate the climate issues
01:32and the issues in which we sleep,
01:35so that we don't have to be affected.
01:39Well, the truth is, they are saying that we are living well,
01:42and it's a great lie.
01:45Some of them are sleeping on the floor,
01:48we, as part of the Cubeo,
01:50we don't have where to eat.
01:52The food that comes here is for the children,
01:56which is the most important thing for us.
01:59For us, at this moment,
02:01it's sad to me,
02:03because here are many friends
02:06who have left their territories
02:08to come and ask the state or the government,
02:12who actually does not comply with the things
02:15that we should be doing
02:17as indigenous peoples.
02:20These families are inspired.
02:35It's not vatic in Christmas as such,
02:39because for us,
02:40the primordial of our gods
02:41are all of our community
02:45It turns around to our gods, which are Juyá, Maa.
02:51Juyá is the god of the rain, Maa is the mother of the earth, Kaí is the god of the
02:56sun, Kashi is the mother of the moon.
02:58In September, they do for the harvest.
03:02In January, because when there is a sequa, they ask for our gods, more than all to Juyá,
03:09for that it rains, for that we can sow, sow, sow.
03:16For a Christmas at that time, for us, it was very healthy, very good,
03:21because our parents had everything in the field.
03:25What did we have? Maíz, molienda,
03:28it is to say, our parents sowed everything.
03:31And it came to a Christmas, even a Sunday,
03:35and our parents had everything.
03:38We did not have to go or ask anyone.
03:45We do it with Chicha de Chontaduro,
03:48where we celebrate the part of our mother's land, the Pachamama,
03:52where we manage our crops,
03:55we celebrate the part of our ancestors,
03:57we celebrate the part of our management of the energy,
04:00and with our grandparents.
04:01We have to go to the Christmas tree,
04:04but for us, it was not Christmas tree,
04:06it was like a common and current day.
04:08We take the asadon, the peinillas,
04:11we take the plates, we take the plates,
04:13we take the mangoes, we take the cosechas,
04:17and we take the crops in our houses.
04:22For us, we are in joy, we are in the park, in the street, but we are in joy to
04:30have fun
04:31with the children with the Navidad, to be happy with the people, and to be happy with the
04:36December. That's why we are on the Navidad, so that the children will be happy with the
04:41people. All the world is in joy with the December, the Navidad.
04:49We are preparing for the Navidad, with the few resources we have, and it is a sharing
04:57of food, to invite the citizens to come to support us, to join us, to welcome us, but we
05:05do what we can with our scarce resources.
05:08In the community, we basically have a special ceremony, we don't celebrate so much, but
05:16the contamination has been strong, and we do a lot of what we do is to share with
05:21families, to be in the family, and as I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I think
05:25that the system stops on dates like this or this month, we don't do anything else, so
05:32the only thing we do is to find ourselves and share. I think that's how we do it as Pueblo
05:38Nasa as well.
05:51We do the dance, dance carrizo, like you said right now, where we do the presentation,
05:58where we do the mambe and the yajé. Yajé is for a Kepa to have a clear connection and perfect
06:03where we have a connection, where we manage the part of our ancestors to take their spiritual path.
06:29We are here because we were invited to fight because we are indigenous, we are
06:34farmers from different parts of Colombia, but we are of the same family, as they say.
06:41It calls us, because we are passing through very similar situations, both in the Guajira
06:46as in the Amazonas, as in all of Colombia, so it calls us that sense of belonging we have
06:53with us, indigenous peoples. We are trying to keep them in the community, in the unity. It is a bit
07:01difficult also because we are 15 peoples, 15 ways of thinking, of feeling, of doing, but
07:07we are trying to weave that community, that unity and keep us. We are going to
07:12complete three months and we still continue in resistance.
07:31in relation to one-time, where we are still working in this situation. We can
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