{"id":61203,"date":"2015-01-18T05:49:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T12:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=61203"},"modified":"2020-03-29T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T18:48:19","slug":"pre-colombian-statues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=61203","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Colombian Statues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Close to the Cementerio Central in Bogota, it is district known as Localidad de Los M\u00e1rtires<\/em>. It was here during the Spanish Reconquista that revolutionaries like Policarpa Salvarrieta, Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Mercedes Abrego, Camilo Torres Tenorio, and Francisco Jos\u00e9 de Caldas were executed.<\/p>\n

In the middle of the district, at a point where many streets meet, is a little park called Parque de los Tallados en Piedra de los Martires<\/em> where the stone carvers of Los Martires loosely recreated famous Pre-Colombian statues found at Parque Arqueol\u00f3gico de San Agust\u00edn<\/em>.<\/p>\n

They are not exact replicas. For example, Carlos Cortes’ small statue of Chaman<\/em> (Shaman) shows a man bonded with his spirit animal while holding a gold talisman. The association between man and animal is a common Pre-Colombian theme where the jaguar, birds, reptiles, and parrots are commonly associated with people.<\/p>\n

Other statues include Andres Suarez’s Tempiente<\/em>, Angelmiro Guerrero Ceron’s Ofrendario<\/em>, Jorge Leacoott’s Replica de San Agust\u00edn<\/em>, and Daniel Contreras’ La Pelota<\/em>. It’s no surprise that this community contains a lot of stonemasons. It’s here that many of the headstones and statues are carved for the Cementerio Central.<\/p>\n