A massive stone considered sacred by an indigenous community in Venezuela returns home after a German artist had shipped it to Berlin in 1998
In this June 21, 2012 file photo, carrying a sign that reads in Spanish"We, the Kueca's grandchildren, are fighting until it is given us back," an Indigenous woman participates in a protest outside the German embassy to demand the immediate repatriation of a rock they call the"Kueka Stone," in Caracas, Venezuela.
It had been displayed among five large stones in Tiergarten Park in Berlin near the Brandenburg Gate and Holocaust Memorial. Images on Venezuelan state TV Thursday showed a large crate containing the 30-ton stone being lifted by crane from an ocean freighter at a Venezuelan port. It originated from the grasslands region known as the Gran Sabana, also famous for dramatic flat-top mountains and the world's tallest waterfall.
“The Kueka stone begins its its journey back to the place it had always been for thousands of years,” Maduro said. “I spoke with ministers, indigenous people, managers and the man on the street, and learned about Venezuelans’ ambitions and problems,” he wrote.
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