Local Partner: Casa de Cultura Multiétnica de la Región Autónoma del Caribe Norte
The objective is to strengthen practices that promote the Miskitu indigenous cultural identity, through the cultural expressions of rituals, legends traditional festivities, and artistic shows. The project is directly related to the revitalization of the three life cycles (King Pulanka, Sihkru and Urali) previously supported by Pawanka. It proposes the transmission of traditional knowledge of cultural holders to the younger generation through theater plays and dances, three life cycles ceremonies, as well as gastronomy. The youth has been losing their cultural values mainly due to acculturalization process accelerated by the access to digital platforms and technologies.
The project includes educational talks, meetings with traditional doctors about the importance of medicinal plants, celebrations of life cycle ceremonies incorporating ancestral indigenous gastronomy, training sessions with elders and youth on traditional practices for planting and harvesting, production calendar and organic agriculture. The project also included maintenance of the multi-ethnic house: infrastructure repairs (floor, water system, theatre stage), equipment (chairs, curtains, computer, air conditioning), materials and supplies (traditional kitchen).
A través de la implementación del Proyecto se logró transmitir los conocimientos sobre las obras y danzas teatrales respecto al usus mairin, liwa mairin, Duhindu y unta dukia en donde los portadores, gestores y sabios culturales trasmitieron sus conocimientos ancestrales sobre la espiritualidad y su forma de ver el mundo indígena hacia la niñez y juventud y de esta forma fortalecer sus identidades indígenas, su cultura tradicional y la recreación sana a través de espacios artísticos.
Local Partner:
Casa de la Cultura is a public space for the promotion, management and cultural development of indigenous and afro-descendant peoples of the Caribbean Coast. It was built in 2012 with the objective of promoting values, interests and traditional artistic-cultural expressions within the territory. Located in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Regional Autonomous Government of the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, Casa de la Cultura gathers and represents various indigenous peoples of the region.
