"El antropólogo y lingüista Pedro Cerdeira señala que, para los Ticuna, 'la historia no es lineal, sino circular. Los relatos no empiezan ni terminan: vuelven a contarse con cada generación, pero cada vez se adaptan a lo que la comunidad necesita escuchar'. "
#Ticuna #Tikuna #Amazonia #Colombia #SabiduriaIndigena

https://consonante.org/noticia/la-maloca-bajo-el-techo-sagrado-cabe-el-universo/

La maloca: bajo el techo sagrado cabe el universo » Consonante

En la Amazonía la construcción de una maloca comienza con una señal precisa: el canto de las chicharras cuando el sol se ubica en el centro del cielo. Estas casas comunales, eje espiritual, político y cultural de pueblos como los Ticuna, Yagua o Uitoto, hoy enfrentan un riesgo silencioso: dejar de ser el centro de la vida comunitaria para convertirse en escenarios turísticos sin alma.

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Would you like to accompany my friend on a walk past various Amazonian fruits her family grows?

--Caímo, mango, asaí (açai), chontaturo, and aguaje.

In Tikuna, caímo = ta'u, mango I don't know, asaí =waira, chontaduro she just taught me in this video (something like "ntuh" with a rising tone on the "tuh" part), and aguaje = tema.

#Amazonia, #Amazonas #Tikuna #Ticuna

Mimosa pudica "not only has an extremely developed sense of touch, but can distinguish among different stimuli and even change its behavior, no longer remaining closed once it learns that a stimulus isn’t dangerous."

Here it is in its home territory. In Tikuna it's called "naiatü peweë, "leaves that love to sleep." #plants #amazonas #tikuna #ticuna

And here's a link to the article I got the quote from: https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/plant/mimosa-pudica-a-new-sacred-plant/

Mimosa pudica (a new “sacred” plant) – Microcosms

I told my friend and tutor that thanks to her lessons I was able to understand the Tikuna spoken in the film (well, a lot of it, anyway), and she said the Tikuna-speaking character is her uncle! She sent me this, circling him. #languages #IndigenousLanguages #Ticuna #Tikuna #Amazonas #Amazonia

Congratulations, casabe, on being recognized by UNESCO as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity

All of us who have ever had you already knew that you are delicious, but nice to have that fact recognized far and wide.

NPR story: https://www.npr.org/2024/12/19/nx-s1-5228103/cassava-bread-is-named-a-cultural-heritage-of-humanity

Photo is my friend's mom letting me help make some. The Ticuna word for casabe is dowü. #UNESCO #IntangibleCulturalHeritage #casabe #CassavaBread #Ticuna #Tikuna #Amazonas #Colombia #Leticia #PatrimonioCulturalInmaterial

More! Can understand even more of this one 😁😁 #Tikuna #Ticuna #Magüta
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Estoy Feliz _ Harley Tikuna - By.Aikaa Music Prod.(Audio Oficial)(2024)

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Corazón Roto 💔 (Oficial Remix)_J-Lauro Ft Harley Tikuna-_Az Music & Aikaa Music (Audio Oficial)2024

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Una escuela audiovisual para proteger la memoria indígena - Colombia Visible

Desde 2015, la escuela audiovisual de la Amazonía realiza cortometrajes para que los pueblos indígenas cuenten su historia.

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My friend in the Amazon sent me this video of butterflies by her boyfriend's fishing boat. #Amazonas #Amazonia #Peru #Ticuna #Tikuna #Cocama #mariposas #butterflies

¡¡conseguí un diccionario ticuna-castellano!!

It is (predictably) produced by missionaries, but the linguist whose lectures I'm watching (several years after the fact) says it's not bad. He also says it's the only dictionary there currently is, so ... SCORE!

#languages #IndigenousLanguages #Amazonas #Amazonia #Ticuna #Tikuna