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Put your hands up, Put your hands up for Oslo

NORWAY | Sun, 1 Jul 2007 | By kipnomad | Views [12271] | Comments [2]

OK, So it's not a rocking city. More like visiting Canberra ( Australia's capital city) but adding culture and multiplying the cost of everything by 4. We're here for the Global Ecotourism Conference and my colleague at World Nomads, Christy ... Read more >

Tags: conference, culture, ecotourism, footprints, norway, oslo, sculpture, vigelands, world nomads

 

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5. Jorge Santi, the tribal leader and Shaman of Kichwa people in the Pastaza region of Ecuador finds a moment alone to reflect on the political future of his region.  This marks the end of a long day of political promises and final votes. His headdress is made from the skin of a peccary head. When asked what it means to him, I was told that after taking part in a spiritual ritual involving the ingestion of a powerful psychotropic, Ayahuasca, he had visions of a sounder of Peccaries foraging in the valley below. The following day he and his hunters slaughtered some of the herd and now the taxidermied skin serves as a symbol of he and his peoples connection with the nature that they have depended on for over 10,000 years. To me, he represents archaic balance cornered by the fleeting-but-permanent change of the new world. : by aartfielder, Views[942]
5. Jorge Santi, the tribal leader and Shaman of Kichwa people in the Pastaza region of Ecuador finds a moment alone to reflect on the political future of his region. This marks the end of a long day of political promises and final votes. His headdress is made from the skin of a peccary head. When asked what it means to him, I was told that after taking part in a spiritual ritual involving the ingestion of a powerful psychotropic, Ayahuasca, he had visions of a sounder of Peccaries foraging in the valley below. The following day he and his hunters slaughtered some of the herd and now the taxidermied skin serves as a symbol of he and his peoples connection with the nature that they have depended on for over 10,000 years. To me, he represents archaic balance cornered by the fleeting-but-permanent change of the new world.

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