Amalakines in Novirao Totoró Cauca

On April 16th Amalaka school was invited by the Novirao Totoró school. An indigenous school situated in totoró Cauca.

At 8 o’clock in the morning the Amalaka’s students arrive to Novirao school, which were waiting for us. The principal gave us the welcome and inmediatly we were to walk into the ecological path. The walk was plenty of surprises because the path had amazing landscapes, and some signs were
written in both languages: nasa yuwe and Spanish. There were incredible bird’s sounds and exotic plants. After the walk, the students were prepared for playing a football game which contained students and teachers from the two schools. Even the smallest children played too.

Then, we had a lunch and we went back to Popayán. The landscapes contained mountains, rivers, friendly people and animals.

We could observe that in that kind of activities, the Freinet’s methodology is applied, because children felt free and happy for sharing their cultural environment. The students participated and leaded the activity, being themselves the authors of their learning.
Besides, the order and discipline were excellent and the interaction among the students was planned and expected.

Conclusion: This kind of activity teaches us the way to share other cultures without the necessity of leaving from our country. Here in Cauca we have some cultures which is worth knowing for.