Our history
Siatami is a BriBri indian term, formed by the combination of two words.
" Sia " which means sacred, prediction or healing stones, and Tami, which means "owner". Therefore Siatami was within the Bri Bri social structure, the name given to the person in charge of keeping the sacred medical stones,
The Bri Bris are a brave ethnical group, who still live in the Talamanca`s Mountain region, where some Families still live scattered close to the rivers.
Due to their braveness and courage they became know as " The Hards".
Bri Bri, comes form the word "Darere" , which means hard in the aboriginal Lenguage.
Generation through generation, The Bri Bris, have kept their fascinating world through oral tradition. This has been the main resource to trasmit their history.
Religion, Mithology, history and Medicine, are all as important for the Bri Bri culture, as their social estructure, with a clearly defined hierarchy where, the "usekol" or main priest was the mayor authority, followed by the Biliki or mediator between the people and the priest.
The Bulu "chief or King", the "Tsokolpas" or singers and others relevant figures in the society have already dissapeard.
To the present day, both the Siatami and AWA or doctor are still present.
But what are the sacred healing stones know as Sia,
The Sia's history , goes back to their God's birth, SIBO.
Before SIBO's birth, SIA was the first healing stone. SIBO hid himself in
SIA TAMIS womb, the owner of the moom, to be born asSIBO.
The stones are an Oracle. They help the doctor in finding out which desease affects the pacient and tells hima about other aspects of his present and future life.
The Siatami study as much as the Awa and with great care, hides away the magical stones in a secret place at home, so no one can touch them and alter their power.
In the same way as the Siatami does, our bungalows take care of our environment and natural richness, who are our healing stones, thanks to which we can re-gain the inner peace and harmony which every human being has to hold inside.
Extracted and adapted from the Bri Bri's dictionary of Mithology
Carla Victoria Jara and Garcia Segura.
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