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Union of Indigenous Yagé Medics of the Colombian Amazon
UMIYAC at the World Ayahuasca Conference, Girona, Cataluña.
UMIYAC took part in the World Ayahuasca Conference in Girona, Cataluña, as members of the indigenous delegation. DECLARATION BY THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND NATIONS OF THE AMAZON BASIN 2019 World Ayahuasca Conference The
UMIYAC’s intervention at the University of Santiago de Chile (USACH)
April 2019, UMIYAC's presentation at the University of Santiago de Chile (USACH): Indigenous Cosmologies, Spirituality and the Environment. https://youtu.be/MMmrklObH9M
Article by Cultural Survival about UMIYAC
Cultural Survival published an article about their collaboration with UMIYAC through the Keepers of Earth Fund. culturalsurvival.org/news/koef-partner-spotlight-union-de-medicos-yageceros-de-la-amazonia-colombiana
UMIYAC Congress – Siona Territory, Buenavista
January, 2019 UMIYAC's members gathered from 19th to 21st of january 2019 for their annual Thinking Congress. This congress took place in Siona's people territory, Buenavista, Putumayo.
Parliament of the World’s Religions. Canada
November, 2018 UMIYAC attended the conference about ayahuasca in the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Toronto, Canada. It is the first time in the Parliament's history that the indigenous people from the amazon
UMIYAC’s Spiritual Healing Brigades
On the first week of August 2018, a UMIYAC delegation of traditional healers carried-out two spiritual health-brigades. The healing yage ceremonies took place in the indigenous territories of Agua Negra and Yurayaco, belonging