We were expecting this day since we first arrived in Rio Negro The story of the massacre is described before from Nere here. The short version is that 20 years ago, bastard millitars massacred 177 women and children.
In a commemoration day for the lost people, like every year there is a kid of festivity on the very same place of the massacre. A school from the closest city as well as numerous other families which relocated after the massacre, visited in order to pay the respects. Our little village was full of new faces and a loot of voices.
The way to Pakoxom (the place of the massacre) was like a pilgrimage, that will end up in a Mayan ceremony (and a Catholic as well, but we don´t care!) lasting around 6 hours.
Our expectations were bigger than the actual thing that happened but still it was something really sacred and deep, at least for us and for few more people. The majority however, was tired from the long walking, the unusual for them overnight ceremony or more interested in the subsequent Catholic ceremony.
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| The place were the festivity took place (Pakoxom) |
Big devoutness and a huge respect for the indigenous people, who are still victims in an ongoing genocide...
touching!
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