Those were the days of the commemoration of the Indigenous Resistance on October 2014. It was a trip to Pedernales town, capital of the municipality of the same name. Like most of the trips through the immense Orinoco Delta, it started from the city of Tucupita, capital of Delta Amacuro state.
More than 6 hours of navigation were waiting for us in our little, but secured boat. On the route through the pipes we would make some stops to learn about the social and material realities of some WARAOS villages, which is the ancestral ethnic group in those areas.
As expected, the villages were full of children, indigenous women and men. However, that beautiful, polychromatic and geographically diverse country - imagine which one is it? - always leaves room for surprises, and then, there in "Culebrita", the first of the villages we visited, suddenly a group of people, due to their appearance and physical features, highlighted among all that landscape
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These were some fellow tourists, who also, to the surprise of some of us, were staying somewhere on the left bank of the pipes, but could not be seen from there. It was very nice to watch those women and men interested in knowing such distant and jungle places, to which many do not dare to go. The truth is that the impression of that encounter, for all these characteristics, was sown in our memory, and now we love to share it with all of you steemians friends!!
I liked this post! I have a few recommendations for you. First make sure when you write about a place make sure you say what country your in, because then the readers will have some context, and they might want to visit those places you mention.
You should add a little detail about the things you did in those villages! I know I'm curious about the things you saw, the food you ate, the people you met. I want to know a little more about the history of the villages. It doesn't have to be a long bit but it adds more flavor to your post!
Keep up the good work and never be afraid to write at length about everything you experienced: smell, taste, touch, sight! I look forward to seeing more from your travels!
Agreed. Some of the terms you used could have been explained more. I'm not sure what a WARAOS village is, and I'd rather not have to google it. ;) Besides that I enjoyed the post! The photos along with the writing provided a great vibe!
Thanks a lot @puddinpaws, and @jordanpike. for visiting, reading and for your comments.
In this article I tried to create a sense of curiosity to find out wich country it is, but i do see your point, and i´ll take it in consideration.
I´d be writing one or two more post about that journey and the WARAOS (that´s where "Ma-jokaraisa" comes from), wich is an ethnic group of indians in the eastern part of Venezuela.
Thanks again!!
You're welcome I look forward to reading the next posts!
Hi @puddinpaws, few days ago I just sent the Part II of the first post, and still working on some other ideas to post later. If you can please review it, thanks a lot!