The Siona are an Indigenous people of the Putumayo region, with communities also connected to Ecuador. Their culture is deeply linked to river life, medicinal plant knowledge, yagé traditions, forest spirituality, and territorial identity.
For the Siona, medicine is not simply a product. It is a relationship involving plants, elders, healers, discipline, ceremony, and territory. Protecting the forest is essential for protecting spiritual life, health, language, and community continuity.
Siona communities have faced oil extraction, colonization, armed conflict, illegal economies, deforestation, and cultural pressure. These threats affect not only land, but also sacred knowledge, food systems, and future generations.
For Dulce Amazónica, the Siona should be represented with special care. Sacred traditions such as yagé must never be commercialized or simplified for tourism. The Siona remind visitors that medicinal knowledge belongs to living peoples and must be respected through consent, humility, and territorial protection.
One of Many Voices
This community is one of many Indigenous peoples whose presence, knowledge, and artisanías are represented through Dulce Amazónica in Guatapé, Colombia. When you visit, you meet an ambassador from one of our partner communities in person.