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Ground broken for the Colombia House of Worship

May 25, 2016

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Soil brought by representatives of some 60 communities in Colombia was deposited into a traditional clay vessel, called a "tinaja". The soil symbolizes freedom, as the land in this region was inhabited by former slaves-Afro-Colombians who left large plantations and settled in Norte del Cauca in the nineteenth century.