The route from The Angels to St. Barbara is 40 miles. The route continues along a path that starts encased by a narrow mountain range locking drawer raging river Bio Bio, which moves between high cliffs.
A 52 km. east of St. Barbara is the village of Ralco, the last point to stock up on all that is required for travel and obligatory place to record in the possession of police border destination, type of vehicle and passengers.
Also, from there the pavement ends and the road-now-divided land in one: one that follows the river Bio Bio and other river Queuco drawer.
miércoles, 12 de octubre de 2011
Step Pucón-Mahuida.
History Used since ancient times by indigenous communities on both sides of the mountain range, the Step Mahuida-Pucón has the great distinction of being one of the lowest in the south.
Located just 200 meters thousand above the sea (Pichachén in Antuco, is 2 000 20 meters), divides two communities, one on each side of the ridge.
On the Chilean side, lies the community of The Barco, consisting of 34 families relocated by the construction of the Ralco plant, while trans-Andean sector is the Currical Millaín Mapuche community, composed of about 900 people.
It is located about 180 miles distant from The Angels sororiente by an asphalt road to the town of Ralco (km. 87). Follow a winding trail mountain range, with rolling folder in good condition, to the sawmill industry in the farm The Barco (km. 165). The last 15 kilometers are the layout of a trail that crosses mountainous and rocky areas.
Meanwhile, in the distance trans-Andean sector are much smaller and, consequently, improvements to make are substantially lower.
The resort is located Caviahue-Copahue just seven kilometers of border pillar and within these weeks, the trans-Andean authorities give their approval to fund improvement works that are missing.
Located just 200 meters thousand above the sea (Pichachén in Antuco, is 2 000 20 meters), divides two communities, one on each side of the ridge.
On the Chilean side, lies the community of The Barco, consisting of 34 families relocated by the construction of the Ralco plant, while trans-Andean sector is the Currical Millaín Mapuche community, composed of about 900 people.
It is located about 180 miles distant from The Angels sororiente by an asphalt road to the town of Ralco (km. 87). Follow a winding trail mountain range, with rolling folder in good condition, to the sawmill industry in the farm The Barco (km. 165). The last 15 kilometers are the layout of a trail that crosses mountainous and rocky areas.
Meanwhile, in the distance trans-Andean sector are much smaller and, consequently, improvements to make are substantially lower.
The resort is located Caviahue-Copahue just seven kilometers of border pillar and within these weeks, the trans-Andean authorities give their approval to fund improvement works that are missing.
Pewenche Communities - High Bio Bío
According to the 1992 census, 20% of the population aged 14 and over up to this indigenous group. Information for 1995 indicates the presence of 3.800 pehuenches in the commune, distributed Callaqui communities, Pitril, Cauñicu, Malla Malla, Trapa Trapa, Butalelbum, Ralco Ralco Quepuca Lepoy and to which has been joined in recent years the community of El Barco, consisting of about 40 families relocated by Endesa.
Community Ayin Mapu, made by another group of central pehuenches affected by Ralco, was outside the commune.
Community Ayin Mapu, made by another group of central pehuenches affected by Ralco, was outside the commune.
Community Portrait, Experiences
One of the most successful has been the implementation of a camping resort on the Boat Lagoon, where they were relocated some families affected by the flooding of the Ralco plant.
With reporting by Endesa, the infrastructure was enabled in the access to the lagoon, such as bathrooms, showers, camping tables and benches, among others, managed by themselves they also offered pehuenches traditional products and tours of the area.
In his first season were about five thousand people who are impressed by the surrounding nature. A success that left several million dollars to their managers.
On the other hand, with input from the Ministry of Planning and Fundation Chile, in the drawer of the river were fitted Queuco various venues, such as camping, to the attention of tourists between the communities and Cauñicu Pitril. Also offering traditional products, like food or crafts.
With reporting by Endesa, the infrastructure was enabled in the access to the lagoon, such as bathrooms, showers, camping tables and benches, among others, managed by themselves they also offered pehuenches traditional products and tours of the area.
In his first season were about five thousand people who are impressed by the surrounding nature. A success that left several million dollars to their managers.
On the other hand, with input from the Ministry of Planning and Fundation Chile, in the drawer of the river were fitted Queuco various venues, such as camping, to the attention of tourists between the communities and Cauñicu Pitril. Also offering traditional products, like food or crafts.
lunes, 10 de octubre de 2011
Community Portrait, which has High Bio Bio.
This area, in the eyes of the experts, is the perfect blend of indigenous culture and nature. Untamed rivers are winding mountains covered by a rich flora and fauna are the people who have written a rich history and distinctive seared by the geographic area they inhabit. Here you can develop a tourism potential that can have unexpected projections.
Tourism appears to be a very interesting economic alternative for new town of High Bio Bio. Is that those who have always known to its inhabitants, mostly pehuenches have were shocked to learn the reality of an ethnic group that refuses to die. Visitors to the mountains, lakes and forests have been in awe of nature displayed in all its glory.
This area, in the eyes of the experts, is the perfect blend of indigenous culture and unspoiled nature. They are untamed rivers that snake-covered mountains of pine, oak and all sorts of flora and fauna are its inhabitants, men of pehuén, who have written a rich history and distinctive seared by the geographic area they inhabit, breathtakingly beautiful but also harshly punished in times of rain and snowfall.
To be precise, the town of High Bio Bío part just before the bridge over the river which drains its waters Queuco the Bio Bio river, by that point, with an interesting flow.
The geographical area extends mainly between the drawers of both rivers to reach the border with Argentina. There are 2 000 300 km in total, the largest area for a commune in the province and the region.
In the '80s the High Bio Bio was practically forgotten. In the eyes of the Western world for decades was an area for adventurers, nature lovers and owners of large farms for livestock and the exploitation of native forests.
Its inhabitants, mostly pehuenches, inhabited the area since time immemorial. In the midst of pine and mountains, he developed his particular culture but has many elements of the Mapuche, developed very specific characteristics (differences in language, customs, etc).
Communication with the rest of the country referred to a road in poor condition which reached Ralco. Hence inland had only dirt roads - made in the late '70s and early '80s - impossible to move, even in the summer. No phone, much less electricity or other modern developments.
But everything changed early in the decade of the? 90. However, he did wake up to the area was not all his great natural beauty or cultural interest in the presence of Pehuenches single ethnic group in the country.
Hydroelectric plants were (first and Ralco Pangue later) that built the power company Endesa Chile, which put the area on the table for national and international news.
Attracted attention also opened the eyes of hundreds who came to the area on land that is beginning to open wide.
The company itself paved the way to Ralco and then put his hand to the State provide electricity to the area and improve the living conditions of its people with better schools and health posts.
Tourism appears to be a very interesting economic alternative for new town of High Bio Bio. Is that those who have always known to its inhabitants, mostly pehuenches have were shocked to learn the reality of an ethnic group that refuses to die. Visitors to the mountains, lakes and forests have been in awe of nature displayed in all its glory.
This area, in the eyes of the experts, is the perfect blend of indigenous culture and unspoiled nature. They are untamed rivers that snake-covered mountains of pine, oak and all sorts of flora and fauna are its inhabitants, men of pehuén, who have written a rich history and distinctive seared by the geographic area they inhabit, breathtakingly beautiful but also harshly punished in times of rain and snowfall.
To be precise, the town of High Bio Bío part just before the bridge over the river which drains its waters Queuco the Bio Bio river, by that point, with an interesting flow.
The geographical area extends mainly between the drawers of both rivers to reach the border with Argentina. There are 2 000 300 km in total, the largest area for a commune in the province and the region.
In the '80s the High Bio Bio was practically forgotten. In the eyes of the Western world for decades was an area for adventurers, nature lovers and owners of large farms for livestock and the exploitation of native forests.
Its inhabitants, mostly pehuenches, inhabited the area since time immemorial. In the midst of pine and mountains, he developed his particular culture but has many elements of the Mapuche, developed very specific characteristics (differences in language, customs, etc).
Communication with the rest of the country referred to a road in poor condition which reached Ralco. Hence inland had only dirt roads - made in the late '70s and early '80s - impossible to move, even in the summer. No phone, much less electricity or other modern developments.
But everything changed early in the decade of the? 90. However, he did wake up to the area was not all his great natural beauty or cultural interest in the presence of Pehuenches single ethnic group in the country.
Hydroelectric plants were (first and Ralco Pangue later) that built the power company Endesa Chile, which put the area on the table for national and international news.
Attracted attention also opened the eyes of hundreds who came to the area on land that is beginning to open wide.
The company itself paved the way to Ralco and then put his hand to the State provide electricity to the area and improve the living conditions of its people with better schools and health posts.
The Origin Of High Bio Bio
The Origin of High Bio Bio. The reasons have always been the same. The geographic, ethnic and social were the arguments which support the idea of shaping a new administrative-territorial unit in High Bio Bio, separating it from St. Barbara, the mother municipality.
The interest started back in the '80s when it was raised in a report by the National Planning Office (ODEPLAN) was shelved after somewhere.
In the '90s, the matter was again exposed, but now public. First it did in 1995 the then provincial governor Juan Carlos Coronata. Months later he did the late area MP, Wolf Octavio Jara, who even postulated a territorial change in the region by appending it with all the Bio Bio River basin from its origins in the lakes and Icalma Galletué of the commune of Lonquimay (Lake District).
The legislative proposal was part of the comprehensive development proposal called the High Bio Bio that later, with changes and amendments, took the form of Indigenous Development Area (IDA), first to be launched in the country. The let it fell to then-President Eduardo Frei in late March 1997, during the inauguration of the plant Pangue.
This mechanism involves the targeting of public action, which took the form of flagship projects such as the electrification of the country, improvement of health posts and schools, development of tourism. However, other proposals announced six years ago are still on hold, for example, the delivery of housing 300 (only a portion has been delivered) and the construction of Ralco Polytechnic High School.
But the idea of the commune took off in January last year when talks began between Endesa Chile and the four families who rejected pehuenches give up their land for the Ralco plant, which were brokered by the Government through its Department of Development Regional. This is worth to say, after those affected filed a lawsuit against the Chilean state in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the OAS human rights abuses.
It was these families during a meeting in Los Angeles, which made a specific request in this line as part of its package of proposals of general interest submitted to the authority.
The idea took hold in the coming months to the point that the proposal was incorporated in December, the government's bill to create new communities.
In Congress, the initiative recently sailed through expedited channels (in fact, took longer than the other three communes proposal) to get approved.
The interest started back in the '80s when it was raised in a report by the National Planning Office (ODEPLAN) was shelved after somewhere.
In the '90s, the matter was again exposed, but now public. First it did in 1995 the then provincial governor Juan Carlos Coronata. Months later he did the late area MP, Wolf Octavio Jara, who even postulated a territorial change in the region by appending it with all the Bio Bio River basin from its origins in the lakes and Icalma Galletué of the commune of Lonquimay (Lake District).
The legislative proposal was part of the comprehensive development proposal called the High Bio Bio that later, with changes and amendments, took the form of Indigenous Development Area (IDA), first to be launched in the country. The let it fell to then-President Eduardo Frei in late March 1997, during the inauguration of the plant Pangue.
This mechanism involves the targeting of public action, which took the form of flagship projects such as the electrification of the country, improvement of health posts and schools, development of tourism. However, other proposals announced six years ago are still on hold, for example, the delivery of housing 300 (only a portion has been delivered) and the construction of Ralco Polytechnic High School.
But the idea of the commune took off in January last year when talks began between Endesa Chile and the four families who rejected pehuenches give up their land for the Ralco plant, which were brokered by the Government through its Department of Development Regional. This is worth to say, after those affected filed a lawsuit against the Chilean state in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the OAS human rights abuses.
It was these families during a meeting in Los Angeles, which made a specific request in this line as part of its package of proposals of general interest submitted to the authority.
The idea took hold in the coming months to the point that the proposal was incorporated in December, the government's bill to create new communities.
In Congress, the initiative recently sailed through expedited channels (in fact, took longer than the other three communes proposal) to get approved.
martes, 2 de febrero de 2010
Ralco Museum, High Bio Bio
Located in the Square of Ralco, this building has an area of 160 mt2. This museum houses Pehuenche culture and yet is an axis of conservation, exhibition and dissemination of traditional diversity, as well as promoter of Indian culture in the education of children and youth of the community, assisting in translation and chudungún publication of texts and encourages the teaching of this language among students in the area.
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