LITTLE
WARRIORS’ AMAZON STORY
The Amazon Forest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia
covers forty percent of South American continent, is the largest Rainforest in
the world. The forest yields many
non-renewable and renewable natural resources, though the tropical forest is
threatened by habitat destruction, yet it is the most biologically diverse
reservoir and has myriad range of animal and plant species.
Recently, a Colombian family’s ordeal in the dangerous
Amazon jungle captured the headlines all over the world. It was a harrowing and
heart-breaking journey for the family as they tried to escape from an area
scarred by endless violent guerilla conflicts. On May 1st, Magdalena
Mucutuy with her four children boarded a small aircraft to fly from Araracuara
to San Jose del Guaviare to join her husband for security and safety of the
family.
But the destiny had its own plan for them, due to technical
failure, the single engine aircraft crashed in the forest. All three adults,
the pilot, Magdalena Mucutuy and another passenger died but the kids Lesly 13,
Soleiny 9, Tien 5, and Cristin 11 months old survived the crash, landed in the
dense Amazon rainforest, teeming with wild, venomous and deadly creatures.
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The children belonging to Huitoto Indigenous tribe, one of
the nearly 500 Indigenous groups living in the rainforest endured the deathly
nature’s environs for forty days before they were found in the forbidding
terrain. Unexpectedly, all alone, the eldest daughter Lesly followed her own
passage with alertness, vitality, and solidity, never gave up hope and took on
huge responsibility of her siblings after the terrible loss of their mother.
A brave thirteen-year-old Lesly with her indigenous
knowledge, unshakable belief and adaptable skills kept her siblings alive in
the ominous jungle, significantly displayed self-restraint, stamina, and
fortitude. Being adept to living off the land, the kids survived on the bounty
of the forest, identified edible fruits, nuts and tubers, even fed the infant
with exceptional ingenuity and avoided starvation. Trudging through the
impregnable terrain, Lesly navigated the treacherous jungle and her wish to
survive dispelled the fear of failure, she confronted the natural hazards
vigilantly.
In the modern world, technology has completely restructured
the education system and the urban youth have access to enormous amount of
information and knowledge. In contemporary society, the children are deeply
connected to technology which has a major impact on their attitude,
expectations, interests and motivation, with some of these factors adversely
affecting their attention span and overall perception. High-Tech Kids with
narrow focus lack flexible thinking, mental and physical readiness for survival
in tough times, furthermore, it might be beyond their potential to connect with
nature spiritually and understand the fury and vagaries of the ecosphere.
In an ultra-technological 21st century, we are
disengaged with our common sense, as a consequence the gradual disconnection of
our sensory faculty has a disturbing influence on mental and emotional health,
also the occurring distraction of conflicting thoughts generate fallacious,
illogical and irrational behaviour. However, Lesly tuned perfectly to her
inherent cognitive and perceptual power, defied the nature ‘s harshness. She
demonstrated mental acuity, perceptive energy and innate survival capability
without the aid of science and technology.
At present we are living in challenging and incredible
times, the complex world is experiencing armed violence, conflicts, civil wars,
terrorist insurgency and multifarious global crises which are specifically
traumatizing the children and youth. We may be optimistic, skillful, flexible,
adaptable but at the same time we are restricted to survive in ‘network system’
only. In today’s fast paced environment, we have vast access to relevant
information but over-reliance on digital science has negatively impacted our
self-belief and self-confidence. The repercussions of cut-throat competition
spikes interpersonal tensions, toxic relationships, chronic negativity,
unhealthy and intense rivalries.
In this day and age, human beings with multitude of current
issues are utterly bereft of persistence and perseverance, give up their goals
easily and they are scared to take risks in life. Needless to say, Lesly with
unrelenting diligence and true grit abhorred mortal peril, with native
disposition she accomplished her primary goal. It is a well-known fact that
rapid pace of urbanization and technology has helped humanity but the negative
reverberations of the latent ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and over dependence on
persuasive technology and cyber world leave humans unprepared to cope prudently
in dire circumstances.
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Precipitously, the children were isolated in the dark, dense
forest and they heroically confronted the formidable challenges. Lesly, without
any formal inculcation imbibed the way of living with ‘Nature’. A young kid
with keen wit and prudence, she manifested more maturity than her age and
triumphed in the end. She also expounded the ideology of kinship, validates
that the close relationships are created through harmony, togetherness and
familial love in contemporary life. Evidently, we cease to recognize that the
family disintegration is a major problem in today’s society as humans are becoming
more individualistic, self-absorbed and inconsiderate in emerging egocentric
generation.
This real-life heart touching and powerful saga teaches us
that learning and character are not the only domain of mature, wise and
intelligent. It also gives one of the best lessons in life that human
coexistence with the ‘Nature’s multitude creations’ is attainable with love,
care and brotherhood for a better future of the planet. Lesly’s empathetic
responses were suffused with the needs and desires of others, she bravely
allowed herself to connect with the nature on a deeper level.
Lesly counted on her remarkable resilience, irrepressible
sanguinity and self-discipline, maintained mental and emotional balance,
habitually espoused self-control and right ethos. She is an inspiration to
people of all ages, truly deserves credit for her mental energy, rational
perceptiveness and intuition to overcome adversity. The powerful moral
dimension to this unusual incident also reflects the significance of
relationships in the world. Lesly’s nonchalant spirit and unyielding willpower
to look after her siblings in the thick, dreary and eerie Amazon Forest, has
left all spellbound.
27th Aug,2023
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