The great day, the day of forgiveness

Sibundoy, Putumayo, for the reconciliation

Gustavo de la Hoz was present at the 7th of March at the celebration of this day that is so important for the Camëntsa community. It is an annual event that promotes the unity of community members through rituals that express the reconciliation and gratefulness to mother earth and the water that grants them life.

This special date would be the start of a new documentary that depicts the recent mobilization of a community that fights to stop the planned construction of a highway between San Francisco and Mocoa in the Putumayo region. This highway would be build in indigenous territory and could entail a grave environmental disaster for the inhabitants of the region. CHC was witness of a situation that can affect both national and international interests.

Adriana Tobón B.