1.
They are Mad at You, at Us.
Deimy Feng Wen

2.
In Costa Rica, between the
provinces of Cartago and
Limón, there is a tribe that live
there since many centuries
ago. It is called the Cabécar.
As many tribes, they will
soon have a new chief. For this
time, it is going to be a girl.
Her name is Siarah. Many
people were not content
because their future chief is a
girl, other people were not
sure about her leadership.
Some of the ancestor
predicted that many tragedies
are on the way to the
community.

3.
After many ceremonies and
sacrifices, Siarah finally became a
chief. The Cabécar is a really
special tribe, they are still keeping
their ancestor’s traditions. They
plant their own food, they fish
and hunt, and they care about
each other. Whenever it is a
special occasion and on weekend,
they do their rituals.
Siarah not is the Cabécar’s
chief, she is also a mom of Eluney
and Tabaré and Huenu’s wife.
Now, she has to figure out how
she will keep peace in the
community. The people from
outside of the tribe are keeping
on throwing trash and destroying
the places nearby.

4.
Unfortunately, the more
Siarah talk to the outsiders
they do not listen to the
tribe. The Cabecár even had
made a lot of protests.
Due to these problems,
Siarah every day prays to the
god of the sun, moon and
volcanoes. She even makes
sacrifices and treatments
with the outsiders.
Unluckily, the outsiders
wouldn’t listen to her. They
keep on causing problems.

5.
This problem had been
troubling during the last
couple of years. Duo to that,
Chichonal Volcano has
threatened Siarah.
Chichonal swear by the old
and new gods that he will
destroy everything with his
fire.
Siarah tired of her tribe
that keep doubting about
her, tired of the outsiders
that do not listen to her,
tired of the cops that do not
care about the situation…
She decided to give up and
had the courage to go away.

6.
The next early morning she
and family left the place
without people noticing it.
From one moment to
another, children started to
fear Chichonal and even the
adults. They stopped going
there. Cabecars finally realized
the severity of the problem.
So, they started to look for
Siarah.
They did not find her. The
Cabécar started to panic
because Chichonal began to
erupt little by little. The other
villages were completely
destroyed by the volcano.

7.
After many days
Chichonal finally exploit. It
was a tragedy to the
Cabécar and the other
tribes.
Despite of everything,
Siarah even had the
courage to come back
and help others. People
started to ignored her and
blamed her for the
explosion. She say
nothing.

8.
Two years later, Eluney
asked Siarah why she
didn’t do anything by
then. Siarah answer was:
‘‘Chichonal needed to
explode, he needed to
show people how to
respect him and help him
to survive’’
Now Chichonal is happy
because the outsiders and
the tribe learned how to
manage the trash and
how to take care of him.
Chichonal feels clean and
fresh.