The Kogi People: Isolated Descendants of the Tairona in the Sierra Nevada | SLICE

Deep in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada, hidden 1,000km north of Bogotá, lies one of the most isolated and mysterious communities in the Americas: the Kogi people. Nestled high in sacred valleys untouched by time, the Kogis live in harmony with nature, following ancient traditions that have survived for over 500 years.

Descendants of the great Tairona civilization, the Kogi are one of the last Indigenous societies in the world to preserve a way of life completely outside the modern world. There is no chief, no power struggle—just balance, consensus, and spiritual connection to the land. No one enters their territory without making an offering. Every path, every stone, every tree is sacred.

In an era of globalization, the Kogi stand as a living echo of pre-Colombian civilization—protecting not just their world, but what they see as the Earth’s spiritual heart.


Documentary: A World of Colors, Colombia – Ep3: Green
Directed by: Guy Beauché
Production: ZED, Voyage


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