In Khartoum, capital of Sudan, on 15 May 1988, a terrorist attack at the Akropole Hotel leave shreds of life piled up under the amazed starry African sky, relentlessly dark blue, while the Fate … stops me to deal with Life … still Life, even when reduced to shards.
In all original cultures – and markedly in the Andean world – it remains solid along the centuries the concept of cosmovision, which is based on cosmogony, a mythological step about explanation of the world, namely the global vision of reality in all its forms and manifestations, whose ultimate goal in the harmony of any part, material or spiritual, individually or collectively, recognizing diversity and plurality as richness in unity.
For at least 5000 years Coca represents a privileged emblem of the Andean culture: it’s considered a prodigious sacred plant, rich in many beneficial properties.
The Andean communities are strongly tied to cultural traditions and Coca is a protagonist in ancient ceremonies and rituals; many signs of reverence can be found everywhere; also important it’s the economical role Coca plays, binding the different climate zones from the Andes to the Amazon, through the dynamics of production and marketing, even in terms of exchange of raw material, on the basis of Andean cultural reciprocity, in benefit of all the population, without any unfavorable mediations.
The traditional use of Coca represents a ritual cornerstone of the cultural identity of the Andean-Amazonian rainforest.
First of all there is a short ceremony, which consists in choosing carefully the three sacred leaves, called Coca k’intu, from a shared amount of leaves on a small mat, called lliclla or awayu, hand-woven with wool and traditional colors, as part of ceremonies or social moments; the leaves are held in the hands like a small fan; in the much’ay, a reverential act that involves kissing Coca k ‘intu, they are elevate as an offer to the three worlds, hananpacha, kaypacha and uckupacha, to get into harmony with the cosmovision and all the magic, mythical and mysterious energies that govern Life.
Grazie, grazie, cara Ruth, per essere entrata con interesse e tempestività nel cerchio della "sagradacocaverde", apportando anche la preziosa testimonianza…
01. Progressive approach to high altitude, with regular stops of adaptation, particularly sleeping at intermediate elevations.
02. Arriving by air from sea level to high altitude, one must avoid, since the beginning of the journey, to take heavy and/or abundant meals, carbonated drinks, Coca Cola, coffee, cigarettes; it’s advisable to drink one or two cups of infusion of Coca, the mate de Coca, very hot and concentrated, with a few drops of lemon juice; It’s good to eat some candies or toffees with Coca, when available.
03. Arriving to the altitude the first day, one must rest and sleep as much as possible.
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