Mapuche reconvene historic parliament: Panguipulli, Chile - One hundred years.

Photo by Lisa Garrigues -- Cecilia Yaupe and Helia
Carilao posed with the Lafkenche Mapuche flag
recently in Bolivia. The Lafkenche, who live along
the coast of Chile, were represented at the
historic Mapuche Parliament of Koz Koz, which
drew almost 4,000 people.

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PANGUIPULLI, Chile - One hundred years.
Posted: February 05, 2007
by: Lisa Garrigues / Today correspondent

That's how long it's been since the call of the traditional Mapuche instrument, the kull kull, has rung out in the Chilean valley of Koz Koz to announce the beginning of a Mapuche parliament.

This year's parliament, which brought together almost 4,000 members of the Mapuche Nation from Chile and Argentina, was held in the valley of Koz Koz from Jan. 14 - 18. It commemorated the parliament of 1907, when Mapuche longkos, or chiefs, came together for the last time after the Chilean government invaded and took over their territory.

The objective of this year's event was ''to call upon our individual and collective force, our connection with earth and territory, and from this relationship to confront the work that we have to do as a people in the sociopolitical environment,'' organizers said.

Participants were asked before the gathering ''to put aside petty differences and come with an open heart and mind.''

The idea for the commemorative meeting occurred simultaneously in several different Mapuche communities. The fall publication of an account of the 1907 parliament generated further momentum.

Participants began to arrive at the event on the afternoon of Jan. 14, some sharing family stories that had been passed down to them about the original 1907 parliament.

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