<font class="leadtitle">Literature, Gift for Venezuelan
Indigenous</font><br
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class="normaltext4"> </font><p><font class="normaltext4">Caracas, 1
Mar (Prensa Latina)
Venezuelan publishing house Monte Avila will present a new childrenĀ“s
book in its "Warairarepano" bilingual collection, devoted to
promote
literature in indigenous languages.</font></p>
<p><font class="normaltext4"> The book, "La abuela de las
garzas", is the story of a child and his relationship with
indigenous
knowledge and wisdom and will be presented on March 5.</font></p>
<p><font class="normaltext4"> The Warairarepano collection
expands cultural interchange to all social sectors in Venezuela, as
well as promotes and preserves indigenous languages and their
literature creations.</font></p>
<p><font class="normaltext4"> Its titles support bilingual
literacy plans as well as the communitarian, regional and national
state policies regarding cultural development. </font></p>
<p><font class="normaltext4"> "Warairarepano" means
"big mountain" in the ancestral language and refers to the
emblematic mountain guarding Caracas.</font></p>
<p><font class="normaltext4"> Monte Avila holds publishing agreements
with Cuba and China to promote Venezuelan literature in other
nations.</font></p>