Ñaupa in Colombia

Yesterday I received a picture of a painted little Ñaupa. It was one of the pages of the El Ñaupa colouring book designed by Alfredo Mires in 2021. He did it because, from the Community Programme, we had asked him for a colouring book with cultural motifs from Andean culture.

When I took a good look at the photo of this little Ñaupa, I realised that it had much more detail than the original: it had been filled with images that looked like they had come from the walls of some cave painting or from some lover's dream. It is full of designs and little things that invite you to let your imagination fly and get lost in fantasy. Our friend Mateo Oquendo has done it. Our daughter Mara has brought him a Ñaupa colouring book to Medellín, to try to draw a smile on Mateo's face. And the result is spectacular.

Thank you, Mateo, for your encouragement from Colombia. You are fantastic. And I know that Alfredo is smiling at you from where he is now.

Rita Mocker