‘Legends are to be told’: Colombian library goes beyond books to keep stories alive

Librarian Souldes Maestre and children at Atánquez library. Photograph: Nadège Mazars/The Guardian

As dawn creeps over the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia, a small group of children trek downhill carrying cameras and sketch pads.

Each month, they come to an ancient site scattered with hundreds of petroglyphs – smooth stones etched with patterns – to create their own images of the art of their ancestors.