2023-09-15 13:04:49
Cartagena
With the scheduling and harmonization of 400 people from the Community Councils of Vereda Púa II and Arroyo Grande, the Social Emergency Plan – Pedro Romero, articulated with the Zenú Indigenous Council of Membrillal – CAIZEM, takes another step in attention and strengthening of Ancestral and Traditional Medicine (MAT) in Afro-descendant territories.
The ceremonies led by ancestral experts were carried out in the days of health promotion and disease prevention, framed in the Health program to overcome extreme poverty.
The older adults of the Arroyo Grande Life Center were benefited with a therapy to heal and harmonize the body, which will allow them to improve or treat physical and mental illnesses. For María Camila Acosta, the ceremony was a setting for the inclusion of knowledge and cultures from each territory.
“The ritual did meet my expectations and those of many older adults because they felt relaxed, they had a bioscan and a bonfire with incense to ward off bad energies,” he indicated.
Ronald Benavides, leader of the Health program, highlighted that the second edition of the agreement to safeguard the MAT was given an African focus, harmonizing the Community Councils of Santa Ana, Bayunca, Pontezuela, Arroyo Grande and La Vereda of La Púa II, completing the goal of 1000 people from these territories.
Thus, after completing the health sessions, the PES- Pedro Romero prepares to develop the ‘II Regional Meeting of Ancestralities’, which will take place at the Cartagena de Indias Workshop School, on Friday, September 22. In this space, the ancestral knowledge of the indigenous, Afro-descendant, palenquera and peasant communities will share, from their cosmogony, the importance of ancestral knowledge to promote comprehensive health in the Cabildos and Community Councils of the District of Cartagena.
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