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"Karduy," sensory Embera indigenous performance and talk

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10.11.2025 von 17:00 bis 18:00 (Europe/Berlin / UTC100)

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By and with: Diego Yagari Yagari, Embera narrator. Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages University of Antioquia. Juan Diego Zuluaga Gallego, director of Rueda Flotante Theater in Medellín. Performing artist. Master's degree in Aesthetics, National University of Colombia. with: Pablo Tabares, Voice of English translation Diana De Fex, Voice of English translation A production of Rueda Flotante Theater

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"KARDUY"- Sensory performance in Embera Chamí language (with English translation) An Embera narrator takes us on a journey into his cosmogony, where we witness the connection between animal spirits (Jays) and the practice of traditional medicine for physical or spiritual healing. The stories of origin are: MAMBORE, the toad; BEDA WERA, the fish woman; and BARA MOSO IBANA, the bird. These animals maintain the balance of the mountain; a small alteration in them affects the entire biosphere. With the magical practice of Jaibanismo, the damage is transformed, generating healing for the animal itself, its surroundings, the person who commits the act against the animal, or the person who suffers physical, spiritual, or mental illness, whether individual or collective. Through the theatrical practice of indigenous knowledge, we invite you to heal collectively from the root. “KARDUY” means “Healing from the Root” in the Embera Chamí language. It operates as a sensory theater show in the dark or in unconventional spaces in which we install a sound ritual in the Embera language guided by an indigenous Embera Chamí narrator and one Kapuria (mestizo) performer, who, with songs, music, and dance games, invites us to live an immersive sensory experience with the Embera cosmogony. The origin stories of the Embera peoples are connected to the practice of Jaibanismo, traditional medicine. In this sensory experience, we set up an indigenous ritual with songs, dances, and natural elements such as plants, water, and earth that weave together three stories of origin with the sounds of the Embera language and music. Artist talk: WÃRÃ IUMIA BEDEA The language that unites us, territory, the Embera language, and conflict In this talk, we share a language immersion project we have been carrying out since 2019 with the Embera indigenous communities (Chami, Eyabida, Dóbida, Phusabidara) in western Colombia (Antioquia and Chocó). We will map the current situation of the native language in territories affected by socio-linguistic practices that threaten, conceal, and silence it. These challenges arise amidst armed conflict, regulated education, colonialism, drug trafficking, and the loss of biodiversity. Finally, we will address how we confront these issues through an ethnographic approach based on situated knowledge. 

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