Tunkeka Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - Colombia. Kogi man with his Poporo. A Poporo is a device used by indigenous populations in this area for the storage of small amounts of lime produced from burnt and crushed seashells. These seashells are collected on the shore.

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Kogi

Christian Kieffer | Colombia

Kogi, pueblo Tunkeka - Colombia. My 8th trip to Colombia and 3rd to the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, departments of Magdalena and La Guajira. Tunkeka is located near Palomino in the Department of La Guajira, a settlement that counts around 100 Kogi families. Kogi’s are descendants of the Tairona culture.I visited the Lost City, Ciudad Perdida, in 2017.It is located in the same mountain range and is only reachable after a 3-day trek by foot.The Lost City is a very important spiritual place for the indigenous communities of Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa, and Kankuamo, and is far more difficult to reach than Tunkeka.

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