Kogui

The Kogui is a Colombian indegenous tribe that fled high to the Sierra Nevada when Spaniards arrived 500 years ago in Northern Colombia. They are also descendants of the Tairona Civilization.



Believes:

They believe that the Sierra Nevada is the “Mother” and the “Heart of the World.”

The Kogi believe they are the “Elder Brothers,”.

The Kogui were tired of be silent about the ecological damage they saw in the Sierra Nevada allowing in 1988 a journalist from BBC. So they have an alert to the "Younger Brother".

IMPORTANT FACTS:

The Kogui are unique because they were never conquered by Spaniards.

The Kogi represent the most complete surviving civilization of pre-Colombian America.

Their spiritual leaders where known as Shamans named “Mamas.