Tairona
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Tairona or Tayrona was a Pre-Columbian cultural tradition characterised by a set of intense and complex relations between the coast, the slopes and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta sh
Tairona culture
Tairona figure pendants in gold
Tairona necklace and earrings. Shaped like cymbals. 1000 CE. San Antonio Museum of Art
Ancient Tairona Ornament. Movable parts on the nose and hands. Museum-quality artefact - courtesy the Wovensouls collection.
Kogi people
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The Kogi, or Cogui, or Kágaba, meaning "jaguar" in the Kogi language, are an Indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in northern Colombia. Their culture has continued since the
Tairona
…Nevada de Santa Marta. This movement allowed them to evade the worst of the Spanish colonial system during the 17th and 18th centuries. The Indigenous Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuacos (Ijka, Ifca) and Kankuamo people who live in the area today are believed to be direct descendants of the Tairona. According to the…
Kogi men with poporos
Kogi woman and child on one of the terraces at Ciudad Perdida, Colombia (2017)
Kogi mamo at Ciudad Perdida, Colombia (2017)
Kogi man on one of the terraces at Ciudad Perdida, Colombia (2017)