{"id":26,"date":"2026-02-04T16:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moughenda-village2.limbus-studio.com\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-06-26T07:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:53:56","slug":"the-village","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moughenda-village.com\/fr\/the-village\/","title":{"rendered":"The village in Gabon"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mlzbums2-b250c82afaf0134800f18257b0a6bbc8\">\n.avia-section.av-mlzbums2-b250c82afaf0134800f18257b0a6bbc8{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/moughenda-village.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gabon-jungle-1.webp);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-mlzbums2-b250c82afaf0134800f18257b0a6bbc8 alternate_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  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avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Why Gabon ?<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-a3uv2-41f818044123b47dd6e8311091ae7202\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-a3uv2-41f818044123b47dd6e8311091ae7202 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-a3uv2-41f818044123b47dd6e8311091ae7202'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The cultural, ecological, and spiritual ground of Bwiti and Iboga<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-93z1i-550c31206ac8929dbb225433a27baee5 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div'    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class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  > The Source Cannot Be Reproduced<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mlzbwxjh-99f8b73b19929bb58631854a4b710f63\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-mlzbwxjh-99f8b73b19929bb58631854a4b710f63 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mlzbwxjh-99f8b73b19929bb58631854a4b710f63'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Iboga is rooted in a place.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-77k8e-255d3516e4dffbdca7eb2f443bbce8f9 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  av-break-at-tablet 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itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Gabon holds one of the largest remaining primary rainforest ecosystems in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Iboga grows within this living environment, shaped by climate, soil, and time.<\/p>\n<p>Within Bwiti, the forest is not scenery.<\/p>\n<p>It is teacher, archive, and presence.\u2028\u2028Approaching Iboga within its ecological context restores proportion and humility.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-665y-b4c173863a15b58cd6a8f6a67ec716f2\">\n.flex_column.av-665y-b4c173863a15b58cd6a8f6a67ec716f2{\nbackground:url(https:\/\/moughenda-village.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gabon2.webp) 50% 50% no-repeat scroll ;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-665y-b4c173863a15b58cd6a8f6a67ec716f2 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  av-break-at-tablet flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top 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.av-special-heading.av-mmxn4zmj-e208f7a27c5985e16206c49ba820a864{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#c5332a;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mmxn4zmj-e208f7a27c5985e16206c49ba820a864 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mmxn4zmj-e208f7a27c5985e16206c49ba820a864 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#c5332a;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mmxn4zmj-e208f7a27c5985e16206c49ba820a864 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mmxn4zmj-e208f7a27c5985e16206c49ba820a864 av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-33  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  > HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4nurm-c5520ae6dd250c6eef2fa14a580d49b7\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-4nurm-c5520ae6dd250c6eef2fa14a580d49b7 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-4nurm-c5520ae6dd250c6eef2fa14a580d49b7'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Interest in Iboga is expanding globally.<\/p>\n<p>Much of this expansion has occurred outside the communities that preserved the tradition through time.<\/p>\n<p>Coming to Gabon acknowledges origin.<\/p>\n<p>It recognizes continuity and responsibility rather than extraction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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class='av-special-heading av-mmxn8v33-54d8952be85386b11d8a8a8d5b189840 av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-39  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >MOUGHENDA VILLAGE \u2014 Grounded Presence<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mmxn9i0b-4e6874b23265c16bd5e2e7bb31593aa9\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-mmxn9i0b-4e6874b23265c16bd5e2e7bb31593aa9 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mmxn9i0b-4e6874b23265c16bd5e2e7bb31593aa9'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Moughenda Village exists within this cultural and ecological continuity.<\/p>\n<p>The work here is not reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>It is participation in a living environment shaped by tradition, ceremony, and community life.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors do not observe Bwiti.\u2028 They encounter it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-11g0i-c5f551a206547480110dbcf16a5ef094\">\n.flex_column.av-11g0i-c5f551a206547480110dbcf16a5ef094{\nwidth:23.875%;\nmargin-left:0;\nborder-width:1px;\nborder-color:#c5332a;\nborder-style:solid;\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-11g0i-c5f551a206547480110dbcf16a5ef094 .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:1.5%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-11g0i-c5f551a206547480110dbcf16a5ef094 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-41  el_after_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-last  av-break-at-tablet flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mmxncgtf-7f759f82fce35a3cb51db7c529831f9d\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-mmxncgtf-7f759f82fce35a3cb51db7c529831f9d .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mmxncgtf-7f759f82fce35a3cb51db7c529831f9d'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Gabon is not a destination for consumption.\u2028\u2028 It is a place of encounter.<\/p>\n<p>For those seeking serious engagement with Iboga and Bwiti, the question is not where it is most convenient to go \u2014 but where the work remains alive.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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