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Mato Oput, Restoring Relations after Conflict Acholi, Northern Uganda, No. 4 The rare process and ceremony of mato oput is undertaken only in the case of intentional or accidental killing of an individual. The ceremony involves two clans bringing together the perpetrator and the victim in a quest for restoring social harmony. Pitcured here is the final ritual, ‘drinking the bitter root’ is a day-long ceremony involving symbolic acts designed to reunite the clans.
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Mato Oput, Restoring Relations after Conflict Acholi, Northern Uganda, No. 3 The rare process and ceremony of mato oput is undertaken only in the case of intentional or accidental killing of an individual. The ceremony involves two clans bringing together the perpetrator and the victim in a quest for restoring social harmony. Pitcured here is the final ritual, ‘drinking the bitter root’ is a day-long ceremony involving symbolic acts designed to reunite the clans.
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Mato Oput, Restoring Relations after Conflict Acholi, Northern Uganda, No. 2 The rare process and ceremony of mato oput is undertaken only in the case of intentional or accidental killing of an individual. The ceremony involves two clans bringing together the perpetrator and the victim in a quest for restoring social harmony. Pitcured here is the final ritual, ‘drinking the bitter root’ is a day-long ceremony involving symbolic acts designed to reunite the clans.
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Mato Oput, Restoring Relations after Conflict Acholi, Northern Uganda, No. 1 The rare process and ceremony of mato oput is undertaken only in the case of intentional or accidental killing of an individual. The photo is of two elders holding an oput root, mixed with kwete and blood to be drunk by both parties as a symbol of washing away the bitterness.
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Visiting El Salado, No. 2 Dialogue between participants of Transformative Memory Exchange and the community of El Salado
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Intercambio con Echembelek, grupo musical de mujeres afro desplazadas en Bogotá, No. 3 Members of Echembelek group and participants of the international Exchange Transformative Memory finish her dialogue with a group photo
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Intercambio con Echembelek, grupo musical de mujeres afro desplazadas en Bogotá, No. 2 Alba Nelly Mina, Echembelek member.
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Jesús Abad Colorado Presents Exhibition "El Testigo" (The Witness), No. 2 Jesús Abad Colorado, photographer/author of the exhibition El Testigo (The Witness), presents his work to the participants of the exchange, in Claustro de San Agustín (Bogotá).
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Acknowledgement to Local Leaders of El Salado, No. 2 Jhon Jairo Medina Ponce (participant of Transformative Memory Exchange and member of El Salado Community) gives acknowledgements to local leaders of the village
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Compartiendo con Echembelek, No. 4 Evelyn Amony (Uganda) and a member of Echembelek group
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Compartiendo con Echembelek, No. 3 Docus Atyeno (Uganda), with Echembelek members, sharing through music and dance, at Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
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Compartiendo con Echembelek, No. 2 Transformative Memory participants and Echembelek members share through music and dance, at Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
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Exchange with Women Advocacy Network, No. 3 Woman from WAN addresses participants at the exchange and the officials present
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Exchange with Women Advocacy Network, No. 2 Women from WAN sitting down and listening during the exchange
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City tour in Bogotá Participants of the exchange in photo with Sebastián Maldonado, historian from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, starting the city tour at Carrera Séptima.
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Preparing for the first activity of the Exchange Participants of the exchange in the first day of activities, in front of the hotel
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Introduction to the Exchange in Colombia Participants of the exchange in the first day of activities, during the introduction to the Exchange in Colombia
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Luz Marina Hache in "Relicarios", Erika Diette's exhibiton Luz Marina Hache, from MOVICE Colombia, looks at one "relicario", in Erika Diettes' "Relicarios" exhibition. The exhibition shows a set of cubes made of rubber tripolymer. Embedded in them are garments and objects that belonged to disappeared people.
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"Relicarios": Erika Diette's Exhibiton Erika Diettes presents the exhibition "Relicarios" to the participants of the exchange. The exhibition shows a set of cubes made of rubber tripolymer. Embedded in them are garments and objects that belonged to disappeared people.
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Jesús Abad Colorado Presents Exhibition "El Testigo" (The Witness), No. 1 Jesús Abad Colorado, photographer/author of the exhibition El Testigo (The Witness), presents his work to the participants of the exchange, in Claustro de San Agustín (Bogotá).