Early in 2009 we Kogi Mamas made a spiritual consultation in Taganga which told us of the need to make a film and to take action to defend the sacred sites and ezuamas of our ancestral territory. They face increasingly serious threats including thefts by the army and the effects of mega-projects. That May we invited Mr. Alan Ereira to participate in the General Assembly of Kogi Mamas at the ezuama of Semineizhi (San Miguel), where we explained these threats, which are related to the Younger Brothers’ ignorance and lack of respect concerning our ancestral territory. On that occassion, at the ezuama of Takina, we heard his report concerning the results of his first film, in 1990. Our spiritual consultations indicated that Alan should make a second film to help the Younger Brother understand better. We visited the damaged ezuamas in these places and demonstrated the truth of the situation.
Towards the end of 2009 we held two assemblies of Mamas, in the town of Tungueka (Rio Hancho), and our consultations there affirmed the consultation made in Takina requesting the film to be made. We authorized Alan to return to do preparatory filming. Alan returned in June 2010 and, under the direction of the jatukwa (divining bowl) we undertook spiritual work for four days and nights at sacred sites around Tungueka, went down to work and film at the sacred site of the Rio Hancho estuary and up to the sacred site of the mountain of Nuklindue (San Lorenzo).
Now, in January 2011, Alan has returned to tell us of the results of this preparatory work and to consult with the Kogi Mamas in Tungueka and with the Kogi secular governor about the next stage of making this film, ALUNA. As our spiritual consultations over the last two years have repeatedly ratified the film, and given the work that we have already done, we have asked Alan to start making the film as soon as possible. We affirm to all the peoples of the Sierra Nevada that the Kogi Mamas have fully consulted on this work and that it is proper for us to undertake it. We expect this film to be a very important contribution to the defence of the ancestral territory of all the peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta against the increasing threats posed by Younger Brother.
Signed by
Mamo Luntana Bacuna
Love and gratefulness from my heart for keeping us all alive. Thank you. Younger brother is waking up slowly around the world. I love you. Thank you.
I will participate in funding as soon as I can and wish for the film and it’s message to help..Thankyou for the work you have always done and contiune to do in the face of younger brother’s total ignorance xx with love
Erica
thank you for showing us how to love and respect our Mother. i keep forgetting and going back to sleep with old habits and old patterns of fear and separation-based thinking. i want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. My heat weeps at the pain my greed has caused and is still causing, your Younger Sister
Thank you. I appreciate what you say.
Alan Ereira
I am so excited about this project and have sent copies to many of my colleagues and friends who share the same sentiments. I know that the movie will help the younger brother to see and understand the mind of nature and eventually connect to nature and stop doing what we have been doing. May the ancestors see you and hear you. I share my ancestral spirit from our sacred Mt Kenya to strengthen your resolve and make it happen. Wanjiku Mwangi, Nairobi, Kenya (maa.berry@gmail.com)
Thank you. I appreciate what you say.
Alan Ereira
I saw “Heart of the World” on PBS in the early 90s. It has shaped who i have become. For 20 years i have tried to live the most environmentally conscious life I possibly could in this consumer/capitalist world. In 2008 I lived/worked on an organic farm in Hawaii. This was the happiest I’ve been in years. Younger brother will start to hear the message after seeing the recent oil spills and nuclear accidents.