Weave 

The world was born with weaving. In the beginning, nothing material existed. The parents imagined the world, but none dared to solidify it into matter. Abu Monsa, a creative mother, knew of a very rebellious, sometimes furious, child who could wound anyone who approached her. She was like a thorny plant, strong and unyielding. 

Abu Monsa knew she held something important within her. Speaking to her in a gentle voice, he knew that this girl carried the threads that could sustain the material world. Thus, Abu Monsa met "Bi," the mother of the fique plant, who taught him about her strength, her spiritual resilience, and her ability to become matter. Now, possessing the essence of matter, Abu Monsa pondered what to do with it. 

One night she thought and thought, remembered and visualized, and thus she understood that the material world must be like, coming and going, remembering and doing, thinking and weaving. She knew that "Bi," the fique plant, was rebellious and had thorns; she knew that she had to spin it and move it, drawing out its essence without harming it or herself, bringing out the best in both to walk through the world.

This is how the world was born, and this is how Kogi and Wiwa women have woven ever since, creating the world in an effort to neither harm nor be harmed, neither in thought nor in matter. They are born and raised with this principle of life: to weave in order to live, to think in order not to harm… 

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In the Sierra live women and Sagas (wise women) who dedicate themselves daily to crafts. They weave mochilas (bags). Each mochila has different colors and its own meaning. The women who weave the mochilas concentrate on Ade Serankua (cosmic consciousness, being the father and mother of all) so that their weavings may grow slowly and beautifully. Indigenous men identify with the mochilas. The Mamos (wise men) also make offerings to all kinds of plants, because all the mochilas and weavings have colors inspired by plants, animals, rocks, snow, etc. Indigenous girls begin receiving guidance from the Sagas as early as age five. By following the Sagas' instructions and the Law of Sé (ancestral law that explains how to care for Mother Earth), the girls, when they turn seven, must begin weaving a mochila of their first color or lineage. The girls must base their weaving on the guidance they received between the ages of five and seven. From the age of seven until she receives her first sample, she must master more than 50 fabrics of different colors and patterns. The Sagas closely monitor the women's practice during their early development.

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