Parque Nacional. Portrait of Kogi brother and sister standing in village of Avingue with grass thatched huts behind them Wearing traditional woven cotton garments Boy has typical fique/cactus-fibre mo...

Chendukua traditional village Kogi mamas/priests stand outside ceremonial nuhue/ temple with grass-thatched roof and rack at apex filled with sacred potsherds southern side of Sierra Chendukua Indig...

Kasiquial a ritual meeting centre for Kogi mamas / priests. Sacred potsherds in rack at apex of conical thatched roof indicate this is a nuhue / temple.Indigenous TribesCaribbean coast of Colomb...

Boy transports equipment into Sierra Nevada by ox. He takes lime from a small gourd poporo to add to the wad of coca leaves in his cheek lime acts as the catalyst to release a very small amount of...

San Miguel a Kogi village in foothills of Sierra Nevada. Sacred pots at apex of conical thatched roofs.Indigenous TribesCaribbean coast of Colombia. American Colombian South America West Indies Co...

San Miguel village. A young mama / priest stands in pathway leading to thatched dwellings and ritual centres with sacred pots at roof apices.Indigenous TribesCaribbean coast of Colombia. America...

A nuhue / temple at ritual centre of Macotama. Granite seats placed outside temple for mamas / priests. Potsherds in the rack at roof apex. Young Kogi vasayo / commoner leans on granite boulder...

Portrait of young Kogi vasayo / commoner with straw hat woven cotton manta / cloak and woven fique cactus fibre shoulder bagsIndigenous TribesCaribbean coast of Colombia. American Colombian F...

Man rubs lime encrusted gourd with ritual stick having inserted lime powder into a wad of coca leaves held in his cheek. Process has a ritual/sexual significance Ð the stick is the male penis the g...

Young man stands outside the family home above Takina wearing typical woven cotton manta / cloak and trousers with crossed mochilas / shoulder bags of fique cactus fibre.Indigenous TribesCarib...

Grass thatched dwellings of San Miguel with sacred pots at roof apices Indigenous TribesCaribbean coast of Colombia. American Colombian South America West Indies Columbia Hispanic Indegent Latin Am...

Religious centre of Takina high in Sierra Nevada. Man wearing hand woven and hand dyed mochila / shoulder bag walks to meet a mama / priest emerging from the nuhue / temple with large rack of...