The pristine Gregorio River, highway to the Yawanawá. Filling the engine at the gas station. Cruising on the river. Arrival at Nova Esperança where the festival is held. Opening the games. A clay pot with a bamboo, used for events but also by shamans for healing. Yawanawá warrior. Circular dancing, somethings exist in all […]
The word Rapé explained Rapé (pronounced “ha-pay”) is a shamanic and sacred tobacco-based snuff used across Amazonian indigenous groups. Searching online this question is most of the time answered focusing on the French origin of the word rapé. Maybe ingredients are mentioned: powdered tobacco, ashes and maybe some other plants. To a certain extent that […]
A day in the forest with the Yawanawá tribe. The sandy banks of the pristine Gregorio River. Samauma, the queen of the forest. Yawanawá man consecrating his Rumã (rapé) under the Samauma. Macaw enjoying a moments rest. View from Nova Esperança village over the forest. Tsunu bark harvested to make ash for Rapé. Cacique (chief) […]
In one of the great tragedies of our age, indigenous traditions, stories, cultures and knowledge are winking out across the world. Whole languages and mythologies are vanishing, and in some cases even entire indigenous groups are falling into extinction. This is what makes the news that a tribe in the Amazon—the Matsés peoples of Brazil […]
Ashes are an essential ingredient in Sacred Rapé Snuff. They are burned from a variety of trees like Tsunu, Parica, Murici and others.
Where does rapé come from? Among the many sacred stories passed down through generations of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon, the Yawanawá origin myth of rapé is perhaps one of the most powerful. It reveals not only how this sacred shamanic snuff came to Earth, but also why it holds such an essential place in […]
By Jake Ling / Intercontinental Cry Featured image: Inside the United U’wa Resguardo on the cloud forests along the Colombia-Venezuela border. Photo: Jake Ling This is the final installment of “The Guardians of Mother Earth,” Intercontinental Cry’s four-part series examining the Indigenous U’wa struggle for peace in Colombia. The vast wetland savanna called Los Llanos stretches thousands of […]
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