Organizational Background



JAYEECHI is formed by an interdisciplinary team of Guajiros and indigenous people belonging to the Wayuu community.


Since the beginning, Jayeechi has been focused on promoting identity and cultural heritage, making social problems visible, and leading community theatre processes with an aesthetic language.


The projects have been developed in areas that are hard to get to in the Upper, Middle, and Lower Guajira, as well as in areas that are vulnerable in urban areas. To promote peaceful coexistence.



Jayeechi's work consists of two primary thematic areas and three programmatic areas.


One of Jayeechi's primary themes is the millennia-old traditions of the Wayuu indigenous culture. The other is the social and environmental issues of the country and the region.


Through its works and artistic projects, Jayeechi aims to develop a critical awareness of the current state of affairs of the indigenous nations and other current dynamics relevant to the collective welfare.




Its programmatic areas of action include:

1. The creation and staging of plays of the highest quality.


2. Conducting research and workshops to inform the creation of plays and building capacity (training of trainers), whose members are responsible for sharing their experiences with children, youth, and adults, and creating spaces for social transformation. And


3. The periodic implementation of educational projects that promote art and creativity, healthy coexistence and artistic training and performance as pathways to social development.


Alternative solutions to the growing social, mental, and coexistence problems caused by drug addiction, racial and gender prejudices, corruption, and individualism, which affect both the department of La Guajira and the national territory.



ProgramMATIC AREAS



THEATRICAL CREATION AND PRODUCTION



Anthropological research, creation and staging of plays under international standards.



TRAINING OF NEW TALENTS



Training of trainers to facilitate the multiplication of histrionic talents within all sectors of the population and social strata.



INTEGRATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN ALL SOCIAL SPACES



The creation of spaces for training and collective theatrical activity in popular neighbourhoods, schools, and colleges, and marginalized sectors that allow participation in the creation of plays, dance-theatre and cultural preservation.



PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS



Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro, Bogotá, Colombia.

Festival Internacional de Teatro al Aire Puro, Bogotá, Colombia.

Festival Internacional de Teatro, Manizales, Colombia.

Festival de la Cultura Wayuu, Uribia, Guajira, Colombia.

Fiesta de las Artes, Medellín, Colombia. Muestra de Teatro Joven, Medellín, Colombia.

Festival Mujeres en Escena por la Paz, Cartagena, Colombia.

Festival Internacional de Teatro Callejero Andes.

Festival Awanwa Raymi, Ecuador.

Festival Don Quijote, France.

Congreso Nacional de Antropología, Antioquia.

Encuentro Nacional de Artes Ande, Medellín, Colombia.

Feria del Libro, 2010, Ecuador.

Seminario Internacional sobre Educación Intercultural, Quintana Ro, México.

Encuentro Nacional de Cultura Viva Comunitaria, El Salvador.

Encuentro de Ciencias, Tecnologías y Saberes Indígenas, Venezuela.