Julio Pinedo

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Coat of arms and motto of Julio Pinedo, the current king

Julio Pinedo (also: Julio Pinedo y Pinedo or Don Julio I. , * February 19, 1942 , according to other information: * 1953 ) is a Bolivian farmer and ceremonial king of the Afro-Bolivian community .

Royalty and ministry

Julio Pinedo was crowned on April 18, 1992, more than 30 years after the death of the former king, his grandfather Bonifacio Pinedo († 1954).

His position was officially recognized by the Bolivian state on December 3, 2007 when he was sworn in by the Prefect of La Paz .

One of the tasks that Julio Pinedo has set for himself is to “preserve the traditional culture of Afro-Bolivians, to pass it on to the younger generations”.

Julio Pinedo's successor is expected to be his great-nephew , Rolando Pinedo (born July 30, 1994, adopted by Julio Pinedo).

The motto of the kingdom is: Ductus sum a majoribus (in the sense of: My ancestors lead me ).

According to Royal Resolution No. 1 of the year 2012 of January 5th, the Royal Order of Merit was created by Prince Uchicho in memory of the First Afro-Bolivian King, through which domestic and foreign persons are to be honored for particularly committed and valuable behavior have shown to the Afro-Bolivian community.

Life

Julio Pinedo lives in Mururata in the La Paz department in Bolivia. He makes a modest living as a farmer ( Campesino in Spanish ) growing citrus fruits , oranges , mandarins , coca and coffee . He lives with his wife Angélica (née Larrea) in simple circumstances. Angélica runs a simple shop in her home. The two have been married for over 50 years.

Angélica Pinedo was twice mayor of Mururata and under her leadership the infrastructure of the place was improved.

Origin and ancestors

The history of the Pinedo family is closely related to the Spanish slave trade in South America . After the indigenous population of South America from the Spaniards to slave labor a. a. was used in the mines in the Andes and many of them died, Africans were brought into the country as slaves. The last slave ship was sent to South America around 1820, and Bolivia formally abolished slavery in 1826 . On one of the last slave ships themselves to Prince Uchicho from the royal house of Senegal have been (according to other sources in the Congo ). In 1832 he was crowned their first head by the former slaves.

The Afro-Bolivian population group has been one of the 36 recognized minorities in the country since the constitutional amendment in 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Su Majestad Don Julio I , website: Web Oficial de la Casa Real Afroboliviana.
  2. ^ GK Hall in Encyclopedia of World Cultures: South America , 1996, p. 10, ISBN 978-0-8168-8840-5 .
  3. ↑ Africa roots / American cultures: Africa in the creation of the Americas , 2001, Rowman & Littlefield, p. 320, ISBN 978-0-7425-0165-2 .
  4. ↑ a b c Camilla Landbø in Ein Campensino als König , Südwind Magazin 3–4 / 19, p. 18.
  5. ↑ a b Fundamentos Jurídicos , website: Web Oficial de la Casa Real Afroboliviana.
  6. ↑ IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas , 2009, Smithsonian Institution, p. 199, ISBN 978-1-58834-271-3 .
  7. ↑ Bolivia ya tiene su rey negro , BBC Mundo of December 4, 2007.
  8. ↑ a b c d Camilla Landbø in Ein Campensino als König , Südwind Magazin 3–4 / 19, p. 19.
  9. ↑ a b c d Familia Real  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website: Web Oficial de la Casa Real Afroboliviana.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.casarealafroboliviana.org  
  10. ^ Andrés Rodríguez: El último rey de América , El País of November 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ a b Un rey vive como campesino pobre en Bolivia , website: losandes.com.ar from December 19, 2014.
  12. ^ Real Orden del Mérito del Príncipe Uchicho , website: Web Oficial de la Casa Real Afroboliviana.
personal data
SURNAME Pinedo, Julio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Don Julio I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bolivian farmer and king
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1942