Colombia, Kogi, Detail of Map Stone in the jungle.

Kogi Mama signatories with documentary filmmaker Alan Ereira in background.

Group of Kogi Mamas or Holy Men signatories with documentary filmmaker Alan Ereira in the background.

View to Surlivaka Religious Centre and valley stretching up to high Sierra. A very sacred community of Kogi mamas priests live in the cluster of old cansa maria temples seen in the valley

Old traditional centre of Chendukua Kogi Tribe. Picking Tobacco Leaves. Bananas and plantains grown close to village yucca/manioc and maize on cleared hillside behind. American Colombian South Ameri...

Detail of a Kogi man holding his poporo/gourd of fine lime powder made from burnt seashells collected along Caribbean coast. The palito/stick transfers lime powder from gourd to mouth and wad of coca...

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...

Plants, Trees, Flowers, A Flame Tree, Flamboyant, or Royal Poinciana Tree, Delonix regia var. flavida, in bloom in the Dominican Republic. Most Flame Tree flowers are red, but the more rare var. flav...

Plants, Trees, Flowers, A Flame Tree, Flamboyant, or Royal Poinciana Tree, Delonix regia var. flavida, in bloom in the Dominican Republic. Most Flame Tree flowers are red, but the more rare var. flav...

Plants, Trees, Flowers, A Flame Tree, Flamboyant, or Royal Poinciana Tree, Delonix regia, in bloom in the Dominican Republic.

Plants, Trees, Flowers, A Flame Tree, Flamboyant, or Royal Poinciana Tree, Delonix regia, in bloom in the Dominican Republic.

Plants, Trees, Flowers, A Flame Tree, Flamboyant, or Royal Poinciana Tree, Delonix regia, in bloom in the Dominican Republic.

Plants, Trees, Flowers, A Flame Tree, Flamboyant, or Royal Poinciana Tree, Delonix regia, in bloom in the Dominican Republic.

Plants, Trees, Flowers, A Flame Tree, Flamboyant, or Royal Poinciana Tree, Delonix regia, in bloom in the Dominican Republic.

Plants, Trees, Flowers, A Flame Tree, Flamboyant, or Royal Poinciana Tree, Delonix regia, in bloom in the Dominican Republic.

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Silk Cotton or Kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra, in the Botanical Gardens. In the foreground are lotus plants.

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Silk Cotton or Kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra, in the Botanical Gardens. A large agave plant is flowering at left.

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, The Light House built of brick in 1830 to replace an earlier wooden one built by the Dutch. It is octagonal in shape and rises 103 feet. It is a Guyana...

Flowers and seed pods of a plant of the Genus Senna in the Atitlan Nature Reserve near Panajachel, Guatemala.