{"id":3263,"date":"2020-07-24T16:32:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=3263"},"modified":"2020-11-20T12:10:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T12:10:55","slug":"caragabi-larbre-de-jenene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-choco-embera\/caragabi-the-jenene-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Caragab\u00ed, the tree of Jenen\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3263\" class=\"elementor elementor-3263\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b281322 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b281322\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18ad1ee\" data-id=\"18ad1ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2462c elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1e2462c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-choco-embera\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Choco Mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0ea405\" data-id=\"a0ea405\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91e93d1 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"91e93d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indiens_Choc%C3%B3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d9664a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d9664a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7075056\" data-id=\"7075056\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd9eedd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd9eedd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Caragabi (also known as Karagab\u00ed, for Embera Cham\u00ed: Carab\u00ed.) Caragabi is the founder of the Embera company. He had received all the power and wisdom of <em>Dachizese<\/em>, the primordial being, and he had come to prevail over him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fd2258 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fd2258\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3438607\" data-id=\"3438607\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e933669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e933669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-choco-embera\/caragabi-the-jenene-tree\/#Caragabi-larbre-de-Jenene\" >Caragabi, the tree of Jenen\u00e9<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caragabi-larbre-de-Jenene\"><\/span>Caragabi, the tree of Jenen\u00e9<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-394fd379 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"394fd379\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ec8087\" data-id=\"5ec8087\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-339d07be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"339d07be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181214\/ob_c3337c_caragabi.jpg\" alt=\"Caragabi, the tree of Jenen\u00e9\" width=\"200\" height=\"125\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Caragabi<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0Representation collected by Sergio Carmona: \u201cPerception and graphic representation of the Embera world of northeastern Antioquia\u201d, Seduca 1988.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He created men, the sun (<em>Humantah\u00fa<\/em>) and the moon (<em>Gedeco)<\/em>, the stars, brought to the human world of corn and the chontaduro (peach palm) from the highest levels of the universe, and generally established the composition, number and behavior of all the elements of nature. He gave everything its name, established laws and respect for human life, giving order to the world of men. He lacked water, which he would get by cutting down the jenen\u00e9 tree:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Jenen\u00e9 tree. <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">Myth<\/a> on the origin of water.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181214\/ob_bbd0df_jenene.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Caragabi was the creator of man and everything that exists except water. Knowing the importance of water to his people, he asked his father to teach him how to get water. His father gave him a wand and when he struck it against two stones, a small stream of water came out of the middle. However, his father warned him not to waste it because it was rare and should be enough for everyone. <\/p>\n<p>Then Caragabi told the Ember\u00e1s that they would fetch water every day, very early in the morning, that he would be there to distribute it. And so it was. The Ember\u00e1 went to queue with a container. And it was like that for a long time. Caragabi could not give them more than what came from the two stones.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Things went on like this until one day they saw an Indian appear that no one had ever seen before, bringing water and fish in abundance. The Ember\u00e1 were surprised. Then they went to where Caragabi was and told him:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou are our father and our creator. You need to know where you get so much water from. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Caragabi, faced with the agitation of the people and fearing a rebellion, told them:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBe patient, I\u2019ll find out.\u201d \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Caragabi followed the Indian on his way to Mount Kuguru \u2013 \u201c\u00a0<em>Very Morros \u00bb<\/em>, where the Sinu River flows. There the Indian opened a door on a rock. Before Caragabi closed, he became a hummingbird and entered. He saw a huge lagoon where there were fish of all colors and sizes. When the Indian took out a fishing rod, Caragabi, who wanted to investigate until the end, became a fish and took the bait.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian took out the fish and beat it until it was still, then took it home to smoke. When the fish felt the heat start to jump, the Indian realized that it was Caragabi playing with him and that he was no longer in shock.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Caragabi transformed into a tiger and asked him:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181214\/ob_4068a5_hormiga.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ant Conga<\/strong><br \/>Paraponera clavata<br \/>Jenzera<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhere do all this water and fish come from? \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Indian said he didn&#039;t know. He repeated the question four times getting the same answer, then he said:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI will only ask you once: can I have the water and fish I need for my people? \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Indian again answered no. Then Caragabi asked:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhy are you talking about water, don\u2019t you realize it\u2019s good to share?\u201d \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Indians pretended not to understand, Caragabi \u2013 losing patience \u2013 asked him:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;I&#039;ll give you one last chance to answer, can I have the water?&quot; \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Faced with this new refusal, Caragabi took him by the chest and said:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs you are naughty, you will become jenzer\u00e1 -hormiga (ant)-\u201c\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This is why ants can no longer drink water and must carry it in drops on their beaks. The Ember\u00e1 people were satisfied with the punishment and went with Caragabi to the lagoon. When they arrived, they found nothing, everything had been transformed into a thick jungle. Instead of the lagoon, there was an immense tree that rose towards the sky and obscured everything: the jenen\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Caragabi realized that<em> jenzera<\/em> had a lot of power and also wanted to play with it, turning the lagoon into a <em>jenen\u00e9<\/em>. He gathered all his people together and asked them:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat can we do to bring this Jenene down?\u201d \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To which people responded:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe don\u2019t know, we can\u2019t decide\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Caragabi summoned everyone, ordering everyone to bring a stone axe. They began to try to cut down the jenen\u00e9, but its stem was very hard and the axes bounced back. Caragabi ordered very fine axes to be made, so they managed to open a cut for him, as it was already getting dark, it was decided to suspend the work to resume it the next day. When they returned, the opening was closed:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>&quot; It is not possible, &quot;<\/em> said Caragabi, \u201c\u00a0<em>let&#039;s start from scratch.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb The next day, when they returned, the tree had closed. It was like this for several days.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Caragabi called the best warriors and ordered a guard to be set up overnight. They realized that bocorr\u00f3 (the toad) was telling Jenzer\u00e1 what Caragabi and his people were doing and they came to heal jenen\u00e9. Caragabi crushed it furiously with his foot and said:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFrom now on, you will have to take care of the water. \u00bb<\/em> This is why the toad lives on the banks of rivers and lagoons and because it has been crushed, it can no longer walk as before, but jump.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Caragabi chose the strongest men to work day and night, guarded by warriors so that<em> jenzera <\/em>cannot cover the cut. <em>Jenzera<\/em>\u00a0 climbed the branches of another tree and placed a stone rod in the heart of the jenen\u00e9 so that it would not fall. Thus he could enter the heart of the jenen\u00e9 who began to bow but did not fall, <em>jenzera<\/em> had tied it with a vine to other trees.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Caragabi called the family Micos, who were once Ember\u00e1s. He ordered to <em>zsrua<\/em> - A <em>cotudo<\/em> or howler monkey \u2013 to go up to the tree and see what was happening. The monkey stretched and came back, then Caragabi condemned:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou zsrua will always be like this, lazy. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Then he called <em>Yerr\u00e9<\/em>, a black boy, and he went up, but he couldn&#039;t reach the top because he was having fun on the road. Caragabi decreed:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou will always be like this, playful and distracted. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Then it was the turn of<em> mizsurra<\/em> &#8211;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/digital-mythology-north-and-west\/\">mono<\/a> machine<\/em> or little monkey-. But he only climbed a few meters and got scared. Caragabi said:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&quot;\u00a0<em>You mizsurr\u00e1 will always be like this, fearful. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He then called\u00a0<em>u\u2019nra \u2013<\/em><em>marteja<\/em>, but neither does this one. In short, many animals in the monkey family have failed in this attempt.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It was the squirrel who was able to cut the vine, but the tree did not fall either, because<em> jenzera<\/em> \u2013 in the meantime \u2013 had tied it with another vine above. Caragabi then called <em>chidima <\/em>-red-haired monkey-, which required a test before cutting the vine, consisting of throwing a fruit from the top of the tree and reaching the ground in front of it and repeating it four times. Passing the test, he asked for a large machete. At the top of the tree, <em>chidima<\/em> shouted that everyone should take shelter at the top of the mountain. When they were under cover, Caragabi gave the order to cut the vine.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>When the tree began to fall, the sky cleared and a loud noise was heard. Water began to flow through all parts of the tree. The branches of Jenen\u00e9 fell on the mountain. And the trunk and the root fell. Where the roots were, the sea formed.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The trunk has become the river <em>Kerad\u00f3-Sin\u00fa<\/em>-. The thickest branches have become rivers <em>Iwagado<\/em> -Verde- and Kuranzad\u00f3 -Esmeralda-, the finest of the rivers <em>Manso and Kiparado<\/em> -Cruz grande-. Jenen\u00e9 had very large, round flowers. They were all loaded with water. When the tree fell, they opened forming immense <em>Evazozoaba\u00f1ia<\/em> -swamps-, such as the large swamp of Lorica, that of Betanc\u00ed, and other smaller ones.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Ember\u00e1 were stunned. Caragabi said: <em>\u201cThis was the fruit of the effort of all Ember\u00e1s and must remain so forever. I will make sure that happens. The Ember\u00e1 who do not respect this mandate will be punished! \u00bb<\/em>. Then he chose the best men of his village and transformed them into <em>zhaberara<\/em> -guardians of lagoons and marshes-. They were responsible for looking after the swamps and rivers and ensuring that they were there for the benefit of all. So water went everywhere and rivers, lagoons and marshes were filled with fish.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythologie Choco Wiki Caragabi (aussi connu sous le nom de Karagab\u00ed, pour l&rsquo;Embera Cham\u00ed : Carab\u00ed.) 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