Kogui Community

Population: 9000 persons (2005)

Before colonization Kogui community was an advanced civilization. They built stone structures and pathways in the jungle.  They also elaborated golden ornaments.

They believe in Aluna, The Great Mother. They believe that the earth is a living being and humans are its children.

Tradition: “All Kogi men receive a "poporo" when they come of age. The 'poporo' is a small hollow gourd that is filled with 'lima' a type of powder that is made by heating and crushing shells to produce lime. The men also continuously chew coca leaves a tradition followed by many indigenous tribes to connect them to the natural world. As they chew the coca leave the suck on the lime powder in their 'poporos' which they extract with a stick and rub the mixture on the gourd with the stick to form a hardened layer or crust. The size of this layer depends on the maturity and the age of the Kogi man”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogi_people

Kogi community traditional "mochilas" where they save sacred traditional objects such as the 'poporo' and coca leaves.