Tomorrow, child of mine, everything will be different.
The anguish will leave
by the back door
that they must close, forever,
the hands of new men.
Edwin Castro Rodriguez
December 2018 - January 2019
With fraternal hugs
Thursday, 3 January 2019
Blessed farm
With
regard to the pitiful ignorance with which some subjects use the
sacred word "chacra" (the farm) as a synonym of futile and
negligible, here is a verse from "Resuellos":
Blessed
source my farm
blessed
mother the earth
blessed
the farmers
of
the coast, jungle and highlands.
If
not for these fields
nobody
would have food
that
is truth shared
from
the doctor to the ass.
Farm
is worked land
it
is sowing and cultivation
and
it is the main reason
for
this country being alive.
Farm
is nurture and tenderness
it
is passion, it is foundation
university
of the world
farm
is life and is sustenance.
When
you come to talk about the farm
honour
the breath that exhales
know
well what you pronounce
without
saying the word badly.
Do
not insult my kinship
If
you come to speak of the farm
Which
is my grandparents' honour
the
earth and the cultivation.
Rinse
out your mouth
invest
a little in thinking
and
fumigate your prejudices
if
of the farm you come to speak.
Here
is the verse in its original Spanish:
Bendita
fuente mi chacra
bendita
madre la tierra
benditos
los chacareros
de
la costa, selva y sierra.
De
no ser por estas chacras
nadie
tendría alimento
eso
es verdad compartida
del
doctor hasta el jumento.
Chacra
es tierra de labranza
es
sementera y cultivo
y
es la razón principal
porque
el país está vivo.
Chacra
es crianza y ternura
es
pasión es fundamento
universidad
del mundo
chacra
es vida y es sustento.
Cuando
venga a hablar de chacra
honre
el aliento que exhala
sepa
bien lo que pronuncia
sin
decir mal la palabra.
No
me insulte el parentesco
si
de chacra viene a hablar
que
es honra de mis abuelos
la
tierra y el cultivar.
Enjuáguese
usted la boca
invierta
un poco en pensar
y
fumigue sus prejuicios
si
de chacra viene a hablar.
Our upbringing in the Network
The
Andean world feels its cosmogonic foundations in the upbringing,
which implies caring, germinating, protecting, feeding and,
therefore, loving. This practice emerges from the relationship of the
Andean families with Nature, who is a mother, a woman, a deity and a
regenerative power. For this reason the Network of Rural Libraries of
Cajamarca believes in and praises this conception, making its actions
with books, reading, conversation and oral tradition of the peasant
peoples of Cajamarca be guided by this principle that does not mean
to separate, but to gather.
To
raise then is to talk and listen to nature, the farm, the land. She
is in every community member, in every boy, girl, in the elders who
are part of this great Librarian family.
Today
there is an expression of gratitude to each of those who make the
Network of Rural Libraries a full experience of parenting and
kindness, reciprocity and complementarity of everything with
everyone.
Walking in Cajabamba
We
walked through Cajabamba, visiting the rural libraries of Pingo and
Quinuacruz.
There,
the teaching teams have organized themselves to encourage reading as
a fundamental pillar of their educational work. We would like it to
be like that in all schools!
The
enriched mood of the children can be felt from afar. And how generous
the behavior of the teachers in these places: from the way they have
prepared their libraries to the uplifting respect with the whole
community.
This
learning never ceases!
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