{"id":1246,"date":"2020-11-28T01:52:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T01:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elpuentethebridge.org\/?page_id=1246"},"modified":"2025-04-12T04:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T04:37:50","slug":"who-are-the-bribri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elpuentethebridge.org\/index.php\/who-are-the-bribri\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are the BriBri?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1246\" class=\"elementor elementor-1246\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-572eb8ba elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"572eb8ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who Are The Bri Bri?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63d87020 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63d87020\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e9e16a7\" data-id=\"3e9e16a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-792fd6df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"792fd6df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bcac715\" data-id=\"1bcac715\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5daaef elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c5daaef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">about the bribri <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2239074e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2239074e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Where do you get your water from?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fdbcc8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4fdbcc8c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1784296b\" data-id=\"1784296b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e030df elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62e030df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWhere do you get your water from?\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>I asked the young man who had led me up the trail to his house. <br \/>\u201cFrom the creek down there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>He pointed back to the stream we had splashed through on our hike.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cBut sometimes it doesn\u2019t rain, and the creek dries up,\u201d he continued.<br \/>\u201cWhere do you get your water then?\u201d I asked.<br \/>\u201dWhen the creek dries up, we have no water,\u201d he said matter-of-factly, and smiled.<br \/>And when it rains too much, the creek floods over the trail, cutting him and his family off entirely from the developing world.<\/p><p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ffb9a2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ffb9a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">This is life in the BriBri Reserve. The eastern border of the reserve is just a 15 minute walk to the rapidly developing tourist town of Puerto Viejo, with its boutique beachfront hotels, trendy coffee shops, and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">expensive restaurants. Fifteen minutes walk the other direction, into the reserve, will bring you to the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">house of Isac and his family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">Despite the lack of running water and electricity at the house, the setting is\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">beautiful. Towering trees and thick vines surround it. The creek runs below. Bananas, cacao, and various\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">other fruits and vegetables are growing on all sides. It is a very basic house, especially for the extended\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">family of 12 (not including Isac\u2019s first baby which is on the way), but appealing in its simplicity. A few hammocks are strung across the porch.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">It is a life of seclusion and self-sufficiency that is easy for busy westerners to romanticize.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.42px;\">A simple and beautiful life. Until there is a medical emergency, and you have no way to transport a sick or injured family member to a clinic. Or until your kids need to do their homework, but it is pitch-dark at 6pm. Until there is no rain, and the creek dries up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-778f2fed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"778f2fed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f8cedbb elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"3f8cedbb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-436812d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"436812d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elpuentethebridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DSF5968web.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTUwLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZWxwdWVudGV0aGVicmlkZ2Uub3JnXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIwXC8wOVwvRFNGNTk2OHdlYi5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elpuentethebridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DSF5968web-ovdpvmxlrawjt9gs43u9odihvlegj00jwmaa7mgook.jpg\" title=\"_DSF5968web\" alt=\"_DSF5968web\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74123b7b elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"74123b7b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:400}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a7ace68 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a7ace68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elpuentethebridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DSF6344web.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTAwNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VscHVlbnRldGhlYnJpZGdlLm9yZ1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMDlcL0RTRjYzNDR3ZWIuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elpuentethebridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DSF6344web-ovdptc7o6gnutxj57rc992cizpog65y140i7hi2bxw.jpg\" title=\"_DSF6344web\" alt=\"_DSF6344web\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3866dcb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"3866dcb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-157f8ea\" data-id=\"157f8ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f048af elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f048af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The BriBri are sometimes referred to as \u201cThe Hidden People.\u201d They are generally quiet and reserved, not especially extroverted. Most tourists that visit the area will enjoy their beach vacation and will leave with no concept that there is a population of thousands of these natives, living just beyond the borders of the development along the coast.<\/p><p><br \/>For the developing world at its doorstep, the indigenous reserve provides a convenient source of cheap labor ($4\/hr is the minimum wage, but it is not unusual to hear of people being paid less). The BriBri living a short walk away from the ongoing development and economic boom are able to watch it, but not to participate in it. Jobs in this economy are mostly limited to manual labor, particularly clearing land by use of machete. Many boys begin this work a young age. Forgoing school to help provide for their family, they will continue working until their shoulder is ruined and they can chop no more. Then it is their sons\u2019 turn. This is a cycle of poverty that is prevalent in the area.In a strange double-injustice, The Hidden People are not only exploited, but also excluded. First, they endured the loss of their land, resources and way of life. This loss was then followed by a racism against them from the very people that robbed them in the first place. The children are picked on at school, the adults are marginalized and discriminated against in town.<\/p><p><br \/>Despite the deck stacked against them, the BriBri are an incredibly capable and resourceful people. With a deep knowledge of jungle plants and their many uses, with their ability to live sustainably, and with their strong community bonds, The BriBri indeed have much to offer to a western world that can feel impoverished in ways beyond the financial.\u00a0<\/p><p><br \/>The BriBri have survived and made a way in this jungle for over 5,000 years. By and large, they don\u2019t need handouts. But in the developing world, is there a place for the BriBri?<br \/>El Puente\u2019s mission is to be this place. Situated on the border between worlds, we provide a space where people can discover their inherent resources and connect in a community setting.\u00a0<\/p><p><br \/>El Puente is a place where people are treated with hospitality and human dignity. A place that offers hope for a better future. 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