Collection
Mamalas
“Mamalas” is an affectionate name given to seeds in some communities in Bolivia. During the sowing ritual women communicate with them through songs. In this series of paintings I express the spirits of them as well the infinite faces of Pachamama (Mother Earth) inspired by the nurturing relationship that exist between humans and biodiversity. I wish to transmit the ritual sense of constant gratitude for life-death-life cycles.
Praise for Mamalas
Seeds are the self-renewing basis of life that is why diverse cultures have held seed as sacred. Seeds are the source of abundance, from one seed arises hundreds and thousands of seeds – to feed us as grain, to be saved as seed for future harvests.
Women have been the seed keepers across cultures, throughout history. And the sacredness of seed has b een symbolized as mother goddesses, the Mamalas as so beautifully and powerfully expressed in the paintings of Valentina Campos.
Navdanya, the movement for seed saving and Diverse Women for Diversity, a global movement of Women for the defense of cultural and biological diversity are happy to bring you this celebration of seed.
VANDANA SHIVA
