The Victims Unit arrived at the community of Tanguí, Chocó, to deliver clothing and musical instruments, among other cultural implements as part of the Comprehensive Collective Reparation Plan (PIRC), in order to strengthen the ancestral traditions of their communities. more than 1,000 inhabitants victims of the armed conflict.
“We have done work with the community that has a support committee that works so that the measures are carried out, with cooperation, with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which from its mission provides support to the collective reparation plans and the implementation of the public policy for victims. With them we focus on this beautiful community to strengthen its cultural elements. “This measure seeks to strengthen the themes of alabaos, dance and shawm music, Tanguí has always stood out for this and we believe that with this measure we will be able to leverage what has been called the Tanguí 2 Chirimía group,” said María Fernanda. Ángulo, director of the Chocó territorial unit of the Victims Unit.
This cultural event also saw the formal beginning of what will be the adaptation and improvement of the Casa Grande de Tanguí, a community space that will be the traditional and memory epicenter that will allow cultural, social, and funeral meetings to be held, since Due to the deterioration of the infrastructure, these activities were no longer carried out there.
This symbolic act was agreed between the leader Eulogia Córdoba, representing the community, the mayor Yair Diomedes Cuesta, and the territorial director of the Victims Unit, who in turn reminded them that the economic resource to be invested in this large house is 1,200 million pesos, which reaffirms the entity’s commitment to the community.
For Yersson Mosquera, Medio Atrato soccer technical assistant and victim of the Tanguí community, what is being done through the Victims Unit is very important and relevant, because the agreements that were agreed upon are being fulfilled. Furthermore, he indicates that everyone there is a victim, and that it is important to have an activity with the young people because, when the instruments arrived, they began to practice and the good results are already seen. “It is of utmost importance that efforts be made to restore this place that is so important to us. Before we thought it was just a dream, now it is a reality,” Mosquera concluded.
To the rhythm of shawm, traditional dance and alabaos, this event was experienced as a result of the coordination between the community, the Victims Unit, the Mayor’s Office of the municipality of Medio Atrato, the Territorial Renewal Agency (ART) and international cooperation , through USAID and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which support communities affected by the armed conflict with strengthening programs aimed at peace, reconciliation and well-being.
In the Victims Unit “We change to serve” with the aim of continuing to work on actions towards the implementation of a policy that contributes to overcoming gaps, provides transformative reparation and allows those who have suffered from the armed conflict effectively access their rights.
