STAR 2 OCTOBER 2009 .
The green eyes
VICTOR G. * ATENCIO
heard an Indian legend. The history and Sson niat. Niat, young dedicated to the worship of Mother Earth, talk to the spirits, and had a beautiful smile and a green (his eyes were guardians of the power of nature) and sad eyes.
This was due to the hidden love he held with Sson, humble shaman, a pure heart, who worshiped in silence at the tender doncella.Niatá was the daughter of the powerful chief, Kasbah, and was promised by him to a foreign leader to strengthen their alliance and its riches.
Sson
Upon hearing, sat in humble expectation outside Kasbah palace, waiting to be able to express their love for niat. Thus an angry Kasbah, which took place, killing him.
niat, ran to help, but only found the lifeless body of Sson. Sorrowing, looked at the sky begging support. He prayed to Mother Earth asking for it back. Her tears covered in green body loved, because in a desperate attempt, gave the essence of life hidden in his eyes, hoping to win the game to death. But fate also claimed his last breath.
gods to know the facts, prevented the plan from the dead, immortalized lovers. She was turned into the moon, and he in the green ocean.
So the Moon for eons, with its bleached white eyes, out at night to guide her lover winks ocean, dropping his bright hair silver, grazing his rostro.El sea, cold inside because of the lack of his beloved, from time to time, instigated by the caresses of the moon, stirred, and stretches his arms, hugging her male desire. But death comes out smiling, his work is not vain, for the embrace never consummated.
The legend explains the emergence of the moon, the sea, ocean tides, and gives characteristics of love. Since I heard I have not seen the same. Marked my way of understanding the world. As the strong presence in the midst of sound and fury, the eviction of the Naso's Cathedral.
resonate in me parallels between the legend, the people's struggle for their rights Naso territorial, and this eviction. I believe that the Government lacks the green eyes, to advance a proper agenda for development and environment, and understand human rights group-differentiated, that protect indigenous peoples, given their disadvantages in comparison to the rest of the population product of 500 years of humiliation inflicted, rights that recognize the relationship between indigenous peoples, their culture, and nature areas.
This is established in international law (Articles 7, 10 and 26 "United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and art. XVIII of the Draft American Declaration Rights of Indigenous Peoples), decisions of the Human Rights Commission (Report on the human rights situation of persons and indigenous peoples in the Americas 1996-1999, or the case of Sister Marie and Carrie Dann) , and judgments of the Court (eg Yayke Awas Tigni and Axa).
knows that the president. His speech at the UN emphasized the greatness of Indian culture, pride in our freedoms, our tradition of peace, equality of the children of Bolivar, with Indian blood, white, afro, the ability to reconcile the companies, power a word, communication as conductor of many things including politics, racial mixing, dialogue, tolerance, the value of our people, our multi-ethnic people, and recognized the protection counties have provided indigenous peoples against the "natural abuse cultural assimilation. "
Unfortunately the same day, thus putting paid to the speech, arbitrarily evicting Naso, affecting their rights of assembly and freedom of expression.
is important that the national government has the political will to understand the justice of the territorial claims of the Naso, and implement appropriate policies enabling the cultural survival of this indigenous people.
concrete
That the aspirations of indigenous peoples of poetic justice. Not culminate in tragedy, love and Sson niat, and that their claims are not impossible as the desire of these two lovers, who eventually turned into the sea and the moon, no chance to meet again, for-profit plans , power and death.
human rights activist.
