Case file · Sacred site
The Kogi 'Elder Brothers' warning
In 1990 the Kogi priests (mamos) of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta used Alan Ereira's BBC film 'From the Heart of the World' to warn 'Younger Brother' that destroying nature was killing the world.
1990 CE · 10.85, -73.70 · status: account
The account
The mamos, trained for years in darkness, practise divination (zhatukua) and see the Sierra as the heart of the world. They returned with a second film, 'Aluna', in 2012.