CIMARRON PUTUMAYOLIVINGHERITAGEOF THE AFRO-PUTUMAYOPEOPLE
We defend life, strengthen identity, and pave ways of dignity, memory, and future for the Afro communities of Putumayo.
We are roots.
We are memory.
We are Putumayo.
The Cimarrón Putumayo Association is born from collective work, the defense of rights, Afro-descendant culture, and love for the territory. Our work connects generations, protects ancestral knowledge, and strengthens community processes that build dignity.
Our Pillars
Culture and Identity
We rescue the music, dance, gastronomy, hairstyles, oral tradition, and ancestral knowledge of the Afro-Putumayo people.
Territory and Nature
We recognize the jungle, the river, and the land as sustenance, memory, medicine, and a school of life for our communities.
Rights and Community
We promote leadership, participation, opportunities for women and youth, economic autonomy, and the defense of dignity.
Projects That Sow Dignity
URAMBA CIMARRÓN
Collective work, solidarity, and community organization.
AFROPUTUMAYO ETHNODEVELOPMENT
Processes to strengthen autonomy, identity, and territorial development.
INNOVATIVE AFRO TALENT
Training, leadership, and opportunities for young Afro-Putumayans.
GUARDIANS OF THE AMAZONIAN RIVERS
Care of the territory, nature, and environmental knowledge.
TRAINING IN RIGHTS AND LEADERSHIP
Pedagogical processes to strengthen citizenship, equity, and participation.
Projects
Women weavers of memory on the Putumayo River
Through weaving and traditional medicine, a group of female leaders on the banks of the Putumayo are healing the wounds of conflict and transmitting their ancestral knowledge to new generations, demonstrating that resistance is also woven by hand.
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Afro-Putumayan House
Located in Puerto Asís, the Afro House is the heart of our association. A space for meeting, resistance, culture, and brotherhood for all Black communities in Putumayo.
Here we hold workshops, musical rehearsals, training, and assemblies. It is our house, where roots grow strong and identity is celebrated every day.
Your contribution builds
autonomy and dignity
Cimarrón Putumayo is sustained by voluntary work and solidarity. With your donation, you directly support the training of youth, the protection of elders, cultural rescue, and productive projects in our communities.
Together we can strengthen the Afro legacy in the Amazon.
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