e extraction of natural and mineral resources, along with the development of the armed conflict has forced various ethnic communities, including that of the Emberá Dobida people - from the State of Chocó, Colombia - to be located in an urban context, specifically in the city of Quibdó, its capital.
During this process, their ancestral knowledge begins to be configured once it makes contact with the Western people. The methodological approach to this research is qualitative, due to the in-depth approach to data, from participants’ life experience,
who belong to an indigenous community; specifically, the Emberá Dobida people. Provisionally, it has been possible to make a tour of the traditional practices of that people in the territories of origin and how they have changed in the current
territory. With this, it has been possible to conclude so far that these practices are threatened by the breakdown of the links between everyday life, territory, and the spiritual. But also, there are some manifestations of resistance that seek to keep in
place that ancestral knowledge, which can be adjusted to the conditions of the new territory. Keyword: Traditional Culture; Indigenous; Oral Tradition; Cultural Identity; and Occupied
Territory.