TAYRONA NATIONAL PARK AND SIERRA NEVADA OF SANTA MARTA

 

 

     

Ekohab Tayrona - Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1998.  Ekohabs, similar to which Tayronas use to live before conqueror’s arrival,  may be found by Tayrona´s National Park beaches,  at the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta lowlands. The Tayrona, is  most visited of the Colombian National Parks System.

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Arraving waves – Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1998. In the Greek mythology it is said that Venus, the goodness of love, was born from sea’s  foam. For the Kogui Indians who still live in the Sierra, the Sea is every thing’s Mother

 


       
 

       

Pacific Sunset – Alvaro H. Pescador R. 1997 . .The siliceous oxide is the raw material for glass manufacturing, it allow the reflection of spectacular color during the sunset.

 

    

Toward the Top – Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1987. At the snow border, the mountain climber changes his equipment, and handing his piolette , makes the path to the top.


 


       

Naboba Lagoon – Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1987. . At 4440 m above sea level this Lagoon is the place chosen by mountain climbers to settle the base camp to get to the picks. The Naboba Lagoon is sacred for the Arhuacos Indians and it is impossible to get her without the authorization of a Shaman. Above at the right, we can se the Colon pick (5770 m)

 

 

  

Unnamed Lagoon Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1987.  In the first plane there are several kind of frailejones.  The couple in the middle belongs to the Espeletia Argentaria specie, while at the left we find Espeletia Grandiflora. At the right an endemic specie known as Sierra’s Tobacco. Behind, one of the unnamed Lagoons. Typical landscape of the Super páramo at the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.  

 

Read in Water Planet, the creation Kogy Myth, the meaning of Pagamento rites, the puberty indicationceremonies of Arhuacos and Koguis guided by a Shaman, and the discovery of the Loosen City.


 

       

Lagoons without name  -  Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1987. These lagoons are the last fresh water trace of huge glaciers which were around them. The glacier prints can be seen over the stones.

 

 

Queen’s Lagoon and Pick - Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1987.  The Queen’s Pick (5.550 m) appears beyond one of the lagoons which is fit by the melted snow from the glacier, which has been leaving its prints over the rock due to its retreat along the years, dramatically increased by the global warming.

 
 

 

Sailing without windmills – Tayrona National Park – Alvaro H. Pescador R.–1998. There are those who say sea water is green, while some others say it is blue. It changes its color along the day and sometimes several color can be appreciated close to the coral reefs.

 

 
 

Pelicans – Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1998. The Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta born at sea level where pelicans, albatross and gulls live, and reaches 5.770 meters height with perpetuate snow mountains. It is world´s tallest mountain beside the sea.

 

  
                   
       
                   
 

Codazzi Pick (5220m) Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1987.
Arhuacos Indians which still live in the Sierra say this pick is part of the Chanduá block, where sacred lagoons reminds as well as the highest mountains of Colombia: the  Colón and Bolívar picks, which conforms a “Y” reaching 5.770 m height.

 

 

Trunk, Rock and Sea -  Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 1998 Arhuacos Indians which still live in the Sierra say this pick is part of the Chanduá block, where sacred lagoons reminds as well as the highest mountains of Colombia: the  Colón and Bolívar picks, which conforms a “Y” reaching 5.770 m height.

  
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