Coca leaf, food and drink
Rice, pie, bread, wine and energizing drinks made from coca. Is it possible? The Colombian Coca Leaf Festival showcases the various ways the coca bush may be used as an alternative for the gastronomic, economic and cultural sovereignty of indigenous peoples.
“The sacred coca plant has been on earth long before the first human appeared; at that remote period in time it was just another plant. It was modern man who gave it new meaning, one that did away with the sacred role the culture of our ancestors gave it,” states the invitation to the Coca Leaf Gastronomic Festival to be held in sacred territory belonging to the Cerro Tijeras tribal township, in Colombia, the 3rd, 4th and 5th of July 2008.
The event showcases the various possibilities offered by the coca leaf to rural and indigenous communities, as an alternative for gastronomic, economic and staple sovereignty. “The idea is to show the world the other side to this ancestral foodstuff. The coca leaf ought not be fumigated, what we need to eradicate instead is modern man’s fear, guilt, and greed,” said Carlos Gómez, from the tribal township of Cerro Tijeras.
The festival is co-organized by the Association of Indigenous Townships of North Cauca, the Regional Indigenous Council of the Cauca, the Agrarian Coordinatorship of the Cauca, and Cocanasa, a company originally started by native communities that produces articles made from the coca bush.
“Before fumigating, we must first think of industrializing”, said Gómez. Food made from the coca leaf such as rice, pie, bread, wine and energizing drinks will be served at the festival” It is also an opportunity to celebrate the various rituals and to strengthen the mission of the ancestral peoples who seek autonomy, unity, respect and the defense of mother earth and all its things,” Gómez adds.
Invitations are free of charge. In exchange organizers will accept donations of work tools to the Cerro Tijeras community. “We want to introduce the world to economically feasible, lawful, ethical and friendly alternative products that derive from the coca leaf, “said Gómez.
The township is located north of the Cauca Deparment. It is made of 22 cantons and approximately three thousand members, among them Nasa tribesmen, afro-Colombians and small farmers and land laborers.
Translated by Lis Horta Moriconi
From Comunidad Segura:
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