{"id":6857,"date":"2019-02-09T03:11:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T03:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/?p=6857"},"modified":"2021-07-02T12:11:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:11:08","slug":"caravana-artivista-artistas-y-activistas-tejiendo-estrategias-de-resistencia-con-comunidades-en-el-cauca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/?p=6857","title":{"rendered":"Caravana Artivista. Artistas y activistas tejiendo estrategias de resistencia con comunidades en el Cauca."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Salgado<br \/>\n08\/02\/2019<br \/>\nLa resistencia a las plantaciones de monocultivos industriales, la justicia para los l\u00edderes sociales, la autonom\u00eda para los territorios ind\u00edgenas y la solidaridad con las comunidades marginadas fueron los temas de una caravana art\u00edstica y activista &#8211; a la que acompa\u00f1\u00f3 la Red de Hermandad y Solidaridad con Colombia (RedHer) &#8211; que recorrieron el territorio del Cauca en diciembre pasado.<\/p>\n<p>La caravana fue una iniciativa inspiradora, organizada por miembros del Centro de Estudios Sociales y Culturales de la Memoria. (En el espa\u00f1ol colombiano, la palabra \u00abmemoria\u00bb en este t\u00edtulo no es pasiva y, en cambio, resume los significados de conciencia y reconocimiento, todo con miras a la acci\u00f3n y el activismo).<\/p>\n<p>En lugar de gastar su dinero de una beca de las universidades estudiando libros en una biblioteca polvorienta en alguna parte, estos psic\u00f3logos y soci\u00f3logos reunieron su dinero de la beca para financiar una respuesta art\u00edstica e investigativa imaginativa a los desaf\u00edos que enfrentan las comunidades marginadas en la regi\u00f3n del Cauca en el sur occidente de Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Invitaron a artistas y activistas a unirse en la creaci\u00f3n de la Caravana Artivista, una mezcla de artistas de circo, raperos, activistas pol\u00edticos, cinemat\u00f3grafos, muralistas, escritores, fot\u00f3grafos, actores y m\u00fasicos, que se amontonaron dentro \u2013 y encima de \u2013 una chiva y luego &#8211; a veces recogiendo en el camino campesinos que esperaban al lado de la carretera para llevar sus bultos de frutas y ramas de pl\u00e1tano al mercado &#8211; los artivistas salieron a aprender de los que viven en el periferia del Cauca.<\/p>\n<p>Comenzando en Puerto Tejada, al sur de la ciudad de Cali, entre \u00e1rboles de pl\u00e1tano y mango, la chiva se abre paso a trav\u00e9s de un paisaje mon\u00f3tono e interminable de plantaciones de ca\u00f1a de az\u00facar para la industria, un mar de color verde brillante que, en vez de reflejar la belleza natural del valle tropical del r\u00edo Cauca, en cambio representa la destrucci\u00f3n indiscriminada de una biodiversidad exuberante e intrincada, la eliminaci\u00f3n de los cultivos diversos y sostenibles de los campesinos y el despojo, el desplazamiento y el desmoronamiento de comunidades enteras y su forma de vida tradicional, todo para beneficiar a unas pocas personas due\u00f1as de grandes empresas de refinaci\u00f3n de az\u00facar.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6858\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0045-Ca%C3%B1a-La-Padilla-300x225.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0045-Ca%C3%B1a-La-Padilla.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0045-Ca%C3%B1a-La-Padilla.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0045-Ca%C3%B1a-La-Padilla.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0045-Ca%C3%B1a-La-Padilla.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0045-Ca%C3%B1a-La-Padilla.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>La caravana se detuvo en los pueblos de Villa Rica y La Padilla para conocer las historias y cuentos de resistencia de trabajadores como el l\u00edder campesino Valent\u00edn Charra, quien profetiz\u00f3 que las plantaciones de ca\u00f1a de az\u00facar \u00abhar\u00e1n un desierto de nuestra tierra\u00bb y de Betsabeth \u00c1lvarez, quien tiene 96 a\u00f1os y quien contin\u00faa oponi\u00e9ndose a las corporaciones con su peque\u00f1a finca tradicional de \u00e1rboles de cacao.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6859\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0026-Don-Valentino-300x225.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0026-Don-Valentino.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0026-Don-Valentino.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0026-Don-Valentino.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0026-Don-Valentino.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0026-Don-Valentino.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00abMi finca es mi revoluci\u00f3n\u00bb, insisti\u00f3, rodeada, solo en su peque\u00f1o trozo de tierra, con m\u00e1s flores, \u00e1rboles frutales, aves y animales, de lo que hay en todos los cientos de kil\u00f3metros de plantaciones de ca\u00f1a de az\u00facar juntas.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6860\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0085-Do%C3%B1a-Betsabeth-290x300.jpg?resize=640%2C662\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0085-Do%C3%B1a-Betsabeth.jpg?resize=290%2C300&amp;ssl=1 290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0085-Do%C3%B1a-Betsabeth.jpg?resize=768%2C795&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0085-Do%C3%B1a-Betsabeth.jpg?resize=989%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 989w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0085-Do%C3%B1a-Betsabeth.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0085-Do%C3%B1a-Betsabeth.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Los miembros de la caravana compartieron con las comunidades locales sus habilidades como artistas de circo, fot\u00f3grafos y m\u00fasicos, involucrando a los j\u00f3venes de los pueblos en la pintura de murales de resistencia en las paredes de las plazas, y luego la chiva continu\u00f3 hacia las monta\u00f1as de la cordillera hacia el este.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6861\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0050-Laura-224x300.jpg?resize=640%2C857\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0050-Laura.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0050-Laura.jpg?resize=768%2C1029&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0050-Laura.jpg?resize=764%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 764w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0050-Laura.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0050-Laura.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6862\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0011-Mar%C3%ADa-Jos%C3%A9-300x225.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0011-Mar%C3%ADa-Jos%C3%A9.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0011-Mar%C3%ADa-Jos%C3%A9.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0011-Mar%C3%ADa-Jos%C3%A9.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0011-Mar%C3%ADa-Jos%C3%A9.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0011-Mar%C3%ADa-Jos%C3%A9.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6863\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0012-Diego-La-Padilla-300x209.jpg?resize=640%2C446\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0012-Diego-La-Padilla.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0012-Diego-La-Padilla.jpg?resize=768%2C534&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0012-Diego-La-Padilla.jpg?resize=1024%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0012-Diego-La-Padilla.jpg?resize=392%2C272&amp;ssl=1 392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0012-Diego-La-Padilla.jpg?resize=130%2C90&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0012-Diego-La-Padilla.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0012-Diego-La-Padilla.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tuvimos una cari\u00f1osa acogida en el territorio ind\u00edgena aut\u00f3nomo de los Nasa por la Guardia Ind\u00edgena, la caravana lleg\u00f3 a Toribio, un pueblo que durante a\u00f1os ha aguantado enfrentamientos entre guerrilleros y paramilitares.<\/p>\n<p>Los artistas de circo y teatro tambi\u00e9n compartieron sus talentos aqu\u00ed, con juegos innovadores que ense\u00f1an habilidades de solidaridad y colaboraci\u00f3n, mientras que un l\u00edder de la comunidad Nasa, Edwin Julico Pasu, explic\u00f3 c\u00f3mo los sacerdotes cat\u00f3licos influenciados por la Teolog\u00eda de la Liberaci\u00f3n animaron a los ind\u00edgenas en Toribio a mantener viva su lengua materna y luchar por la autonom\u00eda para protegerse de la violencia que los rodeaba.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6864\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0162-Toribio-300x160.jpg?resize=640%2C341\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0162-Toribio.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0162-Toribio.jpg?resize=768%2C411&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0162-Toribio.jpg?resize=1024%2C547&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0162-Toribio.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0162-Toribio.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unido por activistas de las comunidades que visit\u00f3 la caravana, los de la chiva hicieron el largo viaje hacia el sur del Cauca, a lo largo de las carreteras escarpadas de piedras y tierra en las monta\u00f1as del Macizo, para llegar a Santa Rita, donde la juventud local hab\u00eda estado esperando con entusiasmo durante horas para dar la bienvenida a los activistas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Esta es una de las cosas que quer\u00edamos crear con la caravana\u2019, declar\u00f3 una de las organizadoras, Natalia Londo\u00f1o, \u2018este deseo de compartir, a trav\u00e9s del arte, estrategias de lucha y resistencia para crear una uni\u00f3n y v\u00ednculos entre las personas\u2019.<br \/>\nFoto artivista 0247 en carpeta paul<\/p>\n<p>En el pueblo cicatrizado por amenazas pintadas en las paredes por los paramilitares, los l\u00edderes comunitarios relataron su lucha contra las corporaciones mineras extranjeras que codician con avidez el agua de los r\u00edos pr\u00edstinos y el oro en la rocas de las monta\u00f1as del Macizo.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018No podemos comer oro\u2019, dijo el l\u00edder campesino Yamid Ordo\u00f1ez, \u2018y necesitamos el agua, pero hay corporaciones multinacionales con sus ojos en el agua, porque est\u00e1 escaseando en el mundo y creen que pueden convertirla en un negocio y ganar mucho dinero &#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>Ordo\u00f1ez agreg\u00f3: \u2018Como comunidad, en Santa Rita, nuestros principios se basan en la colectivizaci\u00f3n de nuestro territorio, donde intentamos concientizar a la generaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s joven de por qu\u00e9 es importante no dividir la tierra entre individuos, sino colectivizarla para que nadie nos puede dividir &#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>A cambio de compartir las historias de su lucha, los artistas del circo en la caravana tuvieron una actuaci\u00f3n incre\u00edble en la peque\u00f1a plaza del pueblo, mientras que los muralistas y artistas animaron a la comunidad a unirse a pintar un mural que celebra el agua de las monta\u00f1as.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Es un privilegio actuar en estas comunidades\u2019, dijo el organizador del circo Diego Lagos, \u2018El poder transformador del arte y el deseo de apaciguar estos conflictos sociales presentes en el Cauca son nuestras motivaciones para participar en esta caravana\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>En los d\u00edas finales del viaje de la caravana, la chiva lleg\u00f3 bajo el enorme \u00e1rbol de Ceiba en la plaza del pueblo de Lerma, a la sombra de la monta\u00f1a del mismo nombre, sagrada para los pueblos ind\u00edgenas de esta regi\u00f3n de cultivo de coca.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6865\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0495-Lerma-300x225.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0495-Lerma.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0495-Lerma.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0495-Lerma.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0495-Lerma.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0495-Lerma.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Los miembros de la caravana hicieron el largo y arduo ascenso bajo un sol feroz y aguaceros a la cima de la monta\u00f1a para presentar nuestros respetos y mostrar nuestro agradecimiento por la bienvenida que recibimos en territorio ind\u00edgena, pero primero, escuchamos al cultivador de coca Herney Ruiz, quien explic\u00f3 la lucha de la comunidad por la autodeterminaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Fueron los norteamericanos, quienes vinieron con el Cuerpo de Paz de los EE.UU en la d\u00e9cada de 1970, supuestamente para ense\u00f1arnos c\u00f3mo ser \u201canticomunistas\u201d, quienes de hecho ense\u00f1aron a los colombianos c\u00f3mo hacer coca\u00edna a partir de la coca\u2019, relat\u00f3 Herney.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Pronto, la coca reemplaz\u00f3 la yuca que sol\u00edamos comer, y el dinero reemplaz\u00f3 la moral. Hab\u00edamos sido una comunidad autosuficiente, pero luego vinieron los d\u00f3lares, las armas, el hambre y los escuadrones de la muerte. Tantos asesinatos que las quebradas no pod\u00eda correr por los cuerpos apilados all\u00ed\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tuvimos que actuar, organizarnos y lograr la autonom\u00eda para recuperar nuestro territorio y devolver a la coca su uso natural y ancestral\u2019, agreg\u00f3 Herney. \u2018El tr\u00e1fico de drogas contin\u00faa, por supuesto, pero en otros lugares, y para terminar ese comercio por completo, Colombia necesita acabar con el capitalismo.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Durante las largas y calurosas tardes en Lerma, los artistas y los muralistas volvieron a trabajar, involucrando a la comunidad en la creaci\u00f3n de hermosos murales, mientras que los artistas de circo ense\u00f1aron a los ni\u00f1os a hacer malabares, los fot\u00f3grafos compartieron sus habilidades y los m\u00fasicos y raperos crearon canciones para celebrar la lucha del pueblo.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6866\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0492-Lerma-300x139.jpg?resize=640%2C297\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0492-Lerma.jpg?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0492-Lerma.jpg?resize=768%2C356&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0492-Lerma.jpg?resize=1024%2C475&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0492-Lerma.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0492-Lerma.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>La Caravana Artivista ha tra\u00eddo solidaridad, reconocimiento y las semillas que har\u00e1n de los ni\u00f1os artistas, historiadores, m\u00fasicos, organizadores y activistas.<\/p>\n<p>Pero tambi\u00e9n, estos pueblos de la periferia, estos pueblos marginados hasta el punto de ser olvidados por el Estado de Colombia, nos dieron a todos en la Caravana una lecci\u00f3n impresionante e inolvidable de autodeterminaci\u00f3n, organizaci\u00f3n, memoria y resistencia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018La chiva vino con m\u00fasica, teatro y arte\u00bb, cuenta Diego Lagos, \u2018e inspiramos a la gente, pero lo m\u00e1s importante es que nos inspiramos\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6867\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0248-Santa-Rita-300x225.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0248-Santa-Rita.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0248-Santa-Rita.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0248-Santa-Rita.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0248-Santa-Rita.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0248-Santa-Rita.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Art\u00edculo en ingl\u00e9s:<\/p>\n<p>Resistence to industrial monocrop plantations, justice for social leaders, autonomy for indigenous territories, and solidarity for marginalised communities were the themes of an artistic, activist caravan \u2013 joined by La Red de Solidaridad and Hermandad \u2013 as it blazed a trail through the Cauca last December.<br \/>\nThe caravan was an inspiring initiative organised by members of the Centro de Estudios Sociales y Culturales de la Memoria \u2013 \u2018The Centre for Social and Cultural Studies of Memory\u2019. (In Colombian Spanish, the word \u2018memory\u2019 in this title is not passive, and instead encapsulates meanings of conciousness, awareness and recognition, all with a view to action and activism.)<br \/>\nInstead of spending their grant money from universities locking themselves away studying books in a dusty library somewhere, these psychologists and sociologists pooled their grant money to finance an imaginative artistic and investigative response to the challenges faced by marginalised communities in the Cauca regi\u00f3n in south west Colombia.<br \/>\nThey invited artists and activists to unite in creating the Artivista Caravan, an energetic, raucus, committed melange of circus performers, rappers, political activists, cinematographers, muralists, writers, photographers, actors and musicians, who all crowded into \u2013 and on top of \u2013 a traditional open sided chiva bus, and then &#8211; sometimes picking up on the way peasant workers waiting by the side of the road to take their sacks of fruit and ramas of plantain to market &#8211; the artivistas headed out to learn from those living on the periphery in the Cauca.<br \/>\nBeginning in Puerto Tejada, just south of the city of Cali, among plantain and mango trees, the chiva wound its way through a monotonous and endless landscape of industrialised sugarcane plantations \u2013 a sea of brilliant green that far from reflecting the natural beauty of the tropical Cauca river valley, instead represents the indiscriminate destruction of an exuberant and intricate biodiversity, the elimination of peasant workers\u2019 diverse and sustainable small holding crops, and the dispossession, displacement and unravelling of entire communities and their traditional way of life \u2013 all for the short term private profit of a handful of huge sugar refining corporations.<br \/>\nThe caravan stopped in the pueblos of Villa Rica and La Padilla to learn the stories and histories of resistance from workers such as campesino leader Valent\u00edn Charra, who prophesised that the sugarcane plantations \u2018will make a desert of our land\u2019, and from 96 year old Betsabeth Alvarez, who continues to hold out against the corporations with her small farm of cacao trees.<br \/>\n\u2018My finca is my revolution,\u2019 she insisted, surrounded, in just her small piece of land, by more flowers, fruit trees, birds and animals, than there are in all the surrounding hundreds of kilometres of sugarcane plantations put together.<br \/>\nThe members of the caravan shared with the local communities their skills as circus performers, photographers and artists, involving the youth of the communities in painting murals of resistance on the walls of the pueblo, and then the chiva continued on to the mountains of the cordillera to the east.<br \/>\nWelcomed into the autonomous indigenous Nasa territory by the Guardia Ind\u00edgena, the caravan reached Toribio, a pueblo that for years has endured confrontations between guerilla fighters and paramilitaries.<br \/>\nThe circus and theatre performers shared their talents here too, with innovative games that teach skills of solidarity and collaboration, while Nasa community leader Edwin Julico Pasu explained how Catholic priests influenced by Liberation Theology had encouraged the indigenous in Toribio to keep their native language alive, and to fight for autonomy to protect themselves from the violence that surrounded them.<br \/>\nJoined at each stop by activists from the communities the caravan visited, the chiva then made the long journey to the south of the Cauca, along precipitous stone and dirt tracks in the Macizo mountains to reach Santa Rita, where the local youth had been waiting expectantly and enthusiastically for hours to welcome the activists.<br \/>\n\u2018This is one of the things we wanted to create with the caravan,\u2019 one of the organisers, Natalia Londo\u00f1o declared, \u2018this desire to share, through art, strategies for struggle and resistence to create a union and ties between people.\u2019<br \/>\nIn the pueblo scarred by paramilitary threats spray painted on the walls, community leaders related their fight against foreign mining corporations who greedily covet the water in the pristine rivers, and the gold in the earth of the mountains of the Macizo.<br \/>\n\u2018We can\u2019t eat gold,\u2019 said campesino leader Yamid Ordo\u00f1ez, \u2018and we need the water, but there are multinational corporations with their eye on the water, because it is becoming scarce in the world and they believe they can turn it into a business and make a lot of money.\u2019<br \/>\nOrdo\u00f1ez added: \u2018As a community, in Santa Rita our principles are based on the collectivisation of our territory, where we try to make the younger generation conscious of why it is important not to split the land between individuals, but to collectivise it so noone can divide us.\u2019<br \/>\nIn return for sharing the stories of their struggle, the circus performers in the caravan gave an amazing performance in the tiny plaza of the pueblo, while the muralists and artists encouraged the community to join in painting a mural celebrating the water of the mountains.<br \/>\n\u2018It is a privilege to perform in these communities,\u2019 circus organiser Diego Lagos said, \u2018The transforming power of art, and the desire to defuse these social conflicts present in the Cauca are our motivations for participating in this caravan.\u2019<br \/>\nThe final days of the caravan\u2019s journey saw the chiva arrive under the huge Ceiba tree in the plaza of the pueblo of Lerma, in the shadow of the mountain of the same name, sacred to the indigenous peoples of this coca growing regi\u00f3n.<br \/>\nThe members of the caravan made the long and arduous climb in fierce sun and torrential rain to the summit of the mountain to pay our respects and show gratitude for the welcome we had received in indigenous territory, but first, we heard from coca farmer Herney Ruiz, who explained the community\u2019s fight for self determination.<br \/>\n\u2018It was north Americans, who came with the US Peace Corps in the 1970s, supposedly to teach us how to be so called \u201canti-communists\u201d, who in fact taught Colombians how to make cocaine from coca,\u2019 Herney related.<br \/>\n\u2018Soon, coca replaced the yucca we used to eat, and money replaced morals. We had been a self suficient community, but then came the dollars, guns, hunger and death squads. So many killings that water could not run in the streams for the bodies piled there.\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018We had to act and to organise and achieve autonomy to take back our territory to return coca to its natural and ancestral use,\u2019 Herney added, \u2018The drug trade continues of course, but elsewhere, but to end that trade completely, Colombia needs to end with capitalism.\u2019<br \/>\nDuring the long, hot evenings in Lerma the artists and muralists went to work again, involving the community in creating beautiful murals, while the circus performers taught children to juggle, the photographers shared their skills, and the musicians and rappers created songs to celebrate the people\u2019s struggle.<br \/>\nThe Artivista caravana had brought solidarity, recognition and the seeds that will make of the children that they met, artists, historians, musicians, organisers and activists.<br \/>\nBut these pueblos on the periphery, these peoples marginalised to the point of being forgotten by the Colombia state, gave all of us on the chiva an impressive and unforgettable lesson in self determination, organisation, memory and resistance.<br \/>\n\u2018The chiva came with music, theatre and art,\u2019 recounted Diego Lagos, \u2018and we inspired the people, but more importantly, we were inspired by them.\u2019<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Salgado 08\/02\/2019 La resistencia a las plantaciones de monocultivos industriales, la justicia para los l\u00edderes sociales, la autonom\u00eda para los territorios ind\u00edgenas y la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/?p=6857\" class=\"read-more-link\">[more&#8230;]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1064],"class_list":["post-6857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","tag-ambiental"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Artevista-0247-Macizo-e1549681818824.jpg?fit=563%2C360&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6869,"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857\/revisions\/6869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}