The memory of our History
October 1st to 31st · Agua de Dios, Bogotá, Buenaventura, Tumaco, Guajira
La Fiesta del Plátano is a route for history and memory stemming from Africa, our universal mother. It is a pedagogical strategy that, through our connection with the plantain, seeks to recognize, strengthen and make visible the historical memory, cultural and natural diversity of ethnic, Afro, Black, Raizal and Palenquero peoples; fostering and sharing their ancestral knowledge and territorial spaces.
This strategy is planned biennially (every two years) starting in September 2021 with workshops, urambas and preparatory conversations; and later we will hold events every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October in 5 territories of Colombia.
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This pedagogical strategy is planned biennially (every two years) starting in September 2021 with workshops, urambas and preparatory conversations; and later we will hold events every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October in 5 territories of Colombia:
This first year will be held internally in Colombia with national and international broadcasts, and in later versions it will be integrated with diverse cultures of the world. We will soon publish the detailed program and schedule.
A space to share ancestral knowledge from different regions of Colombia where the plantain is the common thread of these events. From each collective territorial experience we want to give the necessary strength to the communities to allow us to dream and return to autonomy and sovereignty.
The plantain was chosen as the articulating axis because of its importance and impact on the history of the African diaspora, gastronomy, ancestral medicine and as a raw material in various countries around the world and its articulation with Africa.
Meet the 5 places where the Fiesta del Plátano takes place
SUNY Cortland will hold a “Plantain Festival” on Thursday, September 19, which will focus on this banana-like fruit and will be the center of attention for people of African descent in Latin America and its diaspora.
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