Chía es la deidad que guiaba al Zipa, los gobernantes de la Confederación Muisca. Chía es la diosa de la luna y era venerada en sus tres fases:
En luna creciente era la joven rebelde Huitaca, en luna llena la diosa de la fertilidad Chía, y en luna menguante la anciana y sabia madre Bachué. En esta pintura, Chía está iluminando la Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, una serie de picos glaciares en la Cordillera Oriental de los Andes.
El glaciar de la Sierra Nevada del Cocuy está retrocediendo rápidamente por causa de la crisis climática. Estos glaciares sustentan los ríos que alimentan las cuencas del río Orinoco y el río Magdalena, fuentes de agua esenciales para la población colombiana y venezolana.
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Chía is the lunar deity who guided the zipa, one of the two rulers of the Muisca Confederation which was located in the Andean highlands of what is now Colombia. Chía is the triple moon goddess and she was worshipped in her three phases.
On the waxing moon she was the young rebelling Huitaca, on the full moon the fertility goddess Chia, and on waning moons the wise old mother, Yubecayguaya (Bachue). In this painting, Chía is illuminating the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, a series of glaciated highlands in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes.
The glacier system in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy is quickly receding because of the climate crisis. These glacials sustain the rivers that feed the Orinoco and Magdalena basins, which are essential water sources for both the Venezuelan and Colombian population.
