Ancestral Intelligence and Xina Benã

Antonio Daza Kulchavita, also known by his traditional name Jate Kulchavita Boñe, is an elder (abuelo) and wisdom keeper of the Muisca community of Ráquira, Colombia. Born in Chiquinquirá, Boyacá, in Muisca territory, he began studying Indigenous wisdom in the early 1980s, learning alongside Lakota, Arhuaco, Huitoto, and Kogui communities. He holds a degree in Anthropology from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. In 1996, he took part in building the Maloka at the Botanical Garden of Bogotá together with Huitoto knowledge keepers, contributing to the intercultural ecological education program later implemented there.