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Authors: Florencio Ayuso-Pérez

The school newspaper offers education a set of mechanisms among which you can find means and resources to disseminate information, contribute to the educational process and the assimilation and understanding of the issues. That is why this study aims to design a school newspaper for the dissemination of the Pemón calendar, as a didactic resource to strengthen ancestral traditions in basic education. The research had framed under the quantitative paradigm, a special project modality, with support in a descriptive level field investigation. In this order, the population of this study had made up of nine executives from nine educational institutions of the Gran Sabana municipality, in the state of Bolívar. The data collection technique was the survey, for which the questionnaire had used as an instrument. The results report circumstances that must be address by the authorities in relation to the few activities related to the dissemination and promotion of customs, ways of life, family organization, rites, myths and legends of the Pemón people, including their calendar. However, good disposition was observe in the managerial staff to correct the registered circumstances. With the design and implementation of the school newspaper for the promotion and dissemination of the Pemón calendar, a didactic tool for strengthening indigenous identity and preserving ancestral culture is available.

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Authors: Hildemaro Rafael Acosta

Venezuelan indigenous peoples make up the country’s original population, each with its history and cultural identity, with difficulties and limitations, which has led them to incorporate some modifications to their ways of life. It is feared the possible disappearance of this ancestral heritage, if the situation continues, for which actions that motivate and allow its rescue are traced, through the implementation of the policies created by the Venezuelan State to attend and maintain these human groups. The purpose of this research was to learn about the self-management of the Karíña indigenous community of Mayagua, in the Bolívar state, as a way to preserve and strengthen their identity. This is a qualitative investigation, which follows the approach of critical hermeneutics. The selected informants were the cacique, the cultor, the chronicler and an indigenous. The participant observation and interview were the techniques used. The results showed that the Karíña community maintains its ancestral modes of production (sowing, hunting, and fishing) and o do handcraft, however, they do not use their knowledge either for self-management or as a strategy for strengthening their cultural identity.