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40Daily life revolves around many spiritual rites. People live in harmony with nature and shamans are essential mediators for the community, enabling them to make the link between the spiritual worlds.For all that they witness, the Carijona know that the future has come and the time to act is now. They must prepare the next generation and secure their inheritance. Chiribiquete is everything. Their land is their way of life, the plants are both physical and spiritual sustenance, and the animals are their kin.The Carijona were put in the world to protect Chiribiquete, and without it there is no existence. The battle for survival is fought in every living thing, and without it there is no purpose. Using every skill, every power and every individual, the Carijona will not fail Chiribiquete.Chiribiquete%u2019s sacred landscape holds profound traditional and spiritual significance for the communities who live here. It is believed that Chiribiquete is a place where the ordinary yields to the extraordinary, and the veil between the earthly and the ethereal is gossamer thin. The air itself thought infused with the presence of people%u2019s ancestors and the spirits of the forest.The Carijona believe that they are The Guardians of Chiribiquete. Sacred reminders of their bond between the world and the realm of the deities are recognised in the majestic, jagged peaks of Chiribiquete, which are seen as part of the creator%u2019s grand design. Mighty peaks reach towards the heavens as an offering to the gods; whose spirits linger in the mist that wraps around the peaks at dawn.THE GUARDIANS