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Arregoces belongs to an indigenous group referred to as the Kogi, an historic mountain folks from the Sierra Nevada in Colombia who’ve a wealthy ancestral tradition and a deep connection to their surroundings.
Final December we had the uncommon honour to be invited to the house of the Kogi to shoot a documentary and pictures undertaking specializing in the particular manner the Kogi develop wild espresso
As our information for the journey and a very good younger ambassador for the Kogi message, Arregoces ended up being one of many doco’s principal characters, so we want to invite him to the premiere and Kogi Espresso Australia launch occasion to be held in July 30 in Sydney. Nevertheless, return airplane tickets from Colombia and journey bills don’t come low cost!
We predict the Kogi folks have quite a bit to show us. By way of centuries they’ve developed a deep environmental data by way of their shut communication with nature. They see themselves as the primary kids of The Mom and the elder brothers of humanity, and as such they imagine they’ve a duty to be the guardians of the Earth.
They’ve remained roughly remoted from the remainder of the world for greater than 500 years, since earlier than the Spanish arrived in Colombia. Nevertheless, in latest many years they’ve seen how their sacred websites, which maintain immense non secular in addition to environmental significance, have been invaded by settlers, builders and mining pursuits. On high of that, they’re feeling the results of the altering local weather.
This has motivated the Kogi to attempt to talk extra with the world so as to let the ‘youthful brother‘ know that we’re all related, that damaging a mountain is akin to hurting ourselves, and that we should reside extra sustainably.
One of many methods they’re reaching out is by sharing their distinctive wild espresso with the world. Their shade-grown, bird-friendly espresso bushes reside naturally among the many native species of the rainforest whereas Kogi elders, referred to as mamos, comply with the harvesting course of by doing vital non secular work. This makes it in all probability one of many purest, most sustainable within the planet.
By exporting their beans, the Kogi hope to achieve out to folks over the world. They name this idea ‘messenger espresso‘. In addition they plan to make use of income from the sale of the inexperienced beans to buy again a few of their sacred websites.
Arregoces turned our good mate and we’ve got stored in contact. After assembly a couple of Aussies he’s fairly eager to come back to Sydney to share data with native aboriginal leaders and sustainability consultants and study in regards to the Australian espresso trade he’s heard a lot about.
About Us
We’re Lorenzo and Diana, a married Colombian-Australian couple who co-founded Kogi Espresso in Australia, which lately began to promote freshly roasted wild espresso on-line.
We turned concerned with the Kogi by way of Lorenzo’s father, who as an anthropologist has been working with them for round 30 years. After we heard the Kogi had been rising nice espresso, we thought we may assist join them with the Australian market and had been fortunate to get help from Aussie buddies with implausible filmmaking and pictures credit.
A particular thanks to Kleber Estorilio for placing collectively our Crowdfunding video and to Lashtari & Shiram for the spanish subtitling.
You possibly can comply with Kleber’s work on www.digitalkmedia.com
Arregoces spreading the Kogi message
Connecting indigenous peoples
