Connecting & Painting Community
Tawala Wayuu Fest
- Date
- 2022
- Medium
- Wayuu woven textiles on more than 30 trees
- Location
- Parque 93, Bogotá, Colombia
- Partners
- Fucai Foundation, Wayuu women weavers of La Guajira
Tawala Wayuu Fest is the fulfillment of my dream as an anthropologist and artist: a festival of tradition, art and culture, a burst of color and creativity. The Wayuu women of La Guajira, who pass down their ritual and philosophical legacy from generation to generation, wove multiple circles of color to enhance the city of Bogotá with their cultural heritage, a creation of collective memory.
In Wayuunaiki, "tawala" means sister, brother, companion. In this spirit of companionship we joined hands with the Fucai Foundation to weave with threads of love, respect, compassion and solidarity. In this first edition, in November 2022, more than thirty trees in Parque 93 were covered with Wayuu fabrics and ancestral patterns.