Cubay Jejenava

Crafts entail multiple sources of knowledge from the Cubeo people, as well as extremely precise elaboration techniques. But this knowledge was being forgotten by the community. Only one elderly woman, Judith Ortiz, has maintained the knowledge used for this work with clay, a traditional task performed by the Cubeo women, called “pamiwa”, and in this case, belonging to the Cubeo-Guaracú clan. Faced with the concern brough upon by the death of their father, and thus by the loss of traditional knowledge, their desire was to recover, through this elderly woman, the traditionally female knowledge that is artisan work. Hand in hand with the work performed by the community, since 2007 Judith has taught this technique to the other women, as well as all associated knowledge that led to a general reflection about culture. From the collection stage to the final crafting of the pieces, the rest of the group recovered and was taught the wisdom entailed by the technique and other knowledge and cultural values related to this work.  


Transmission of knowledge. Judith, Artisan and Sage

Artisan women

Cubay Jejenava - Foto 

Myth - The güio

The symbols from ancestral sages who when taking yagé or ayahuasca (traditional native drink used in South America) and smelling yopo (tree) had time visions and saw how objects, clothes, and persons should be painted, both in special celebrations and in daily life. In this way, in the thinker’s visions, the story that we now express in pots, jars, or regular benches is told. We now incorporate new designs and forms, without leaving aside the knowledge that we have inherited.

Artisans

Cubay Jejenava

Culture
Cubeo

Artisans

Cubay Jejenava

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Culture
Cubeo