The knowledge of the Jaguars of Yuruparí has been declared an intangible heritage of mankind by the UNESCO. We feel very proud of our intangible friends in the river Pirá Paraná and thankful for having taken part in this project!

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For the past few months we have been working on a short feature fiction film with a number of youngsters from the Guambiano indigenous nation. The photo shows the Kurachak indigenous council and the MAYELEI LINCHA AMTRAP young people´s association. See more pictures on our blog. Duván Almendra is the Guambiano leader who is the originator and protagonist of this film.

The eccentric orders of our honorable director, Luis Ospina, in the midst of filming in the Valle del Cauca.

Ricardo Velez as Edwin Hubble. A discussion of the origin of the Universe or the advent of the post-shakespirit era?

“Astronomías” is a dazzling series of short videos which we are developing with the Parque Explora (Exploring Park) of Medellín for the new planetarium in Bogotá and tells how different indigenous peoples in Colombia relate to the stars . . . coming soon!

Courses on the Amazonian indigenous cultures and languages of the Vaupés. Learn languages from the Tucana linguistic family: Tatuyo, Karapano, Taibano, Bará, Barasano, Makuna, Tuyuka, Yurutí, Tucano.
Professor: Daniel León, of the Tatuyo indigenous group, local expert in languages. Limited Enrollment – Results guaranteed – 8 hours per month – Begins Thursday, September 16. More information here.

This video forms part of the project which proposes “The Knowledge of the Jaguars of the Yuruparí”, of the River Pirá Paraná in Colombia, as a UNESCO intangible heritage of mankind. It is an audio-visual co-production by 4direcciones, in collaboration with the Gaia Amazonas Foundation and ACAIPI indigenous organization. It is narrated by Maximiliano García (of the Macuna indigenous group) and Roberto Marín (of the Barasano indigenous group), both leaders of the ACAIPI indigenous organization. Images courtesy of National Geographic TV, from the documentary “Light at the Edge of the World: Amazon” ( 2008), presented by Wade Davis, and from “The Sand and The Rain” (2009) and “Guardianes de la Libertad” (Guardians of Freedom, 2007), by 4direcciones audio-visual. Researchers: Silvia Gómez and Nelson Ortíz.

to watch the video get into the blog.

The development of our project “Maxi, Guardian of the Anacondas” won the support of IBERMEDIA 2010.