The word ‘sananga’ refers to a number of different traditional eye drops used in some Amazonian cultures. Medicinal eye drops are used by Amazonian peoples such as the Matsés, Huni Kuin, Yawanawá and Ticuna for their wide-ranging healing properties, and as a source of spiritual exploration. The reported benefits of sananga include the treatment of […]
100 Ways to Blow Rapé There are many ways to blow Rapé: Long and slow, quick and sharp, and everything in between. You will soon learn to judge what is most appropriate, depending on your particular style or the needs of the person you are serving. A short, quick blow of Rapé has more of […]
This day when we were visiting our friends from the Puyanawa they did a cultural presentation for a documentary that’s being made about their history. Here a few pictures for your enjoyment. https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Puyanawa [ux_gallery ids=”5623,5640,5641,5624,5620,5621,5625,5635,5637,5627,5638,5629,5630,5626,5631,5632,5633,5628,5634,5636,5622″ style=”normal” type=”grid” text_align=”center”] [ux_video url=”https://youtu.be/skR0F6zL8f8″]
What is Rapé? 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 tells […]
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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.
The beginning There was a time when death hadn’t reached humankind yet and the people lived in the forest, their king was called Ruwá. They provided their food by hunting, for this they had a special technique, there was a little hut in the middle of the forest where the chief would wait with his […]
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 […]
Yawanawa Rapé - Pai Nani
Wood Tepi – Yuxibu, The Ancient Serpent
$240.00
Wood Tepi – Guardian of the Forest
$240.00
Caboclo Rapé - Gesileu Traditional
$12.60 – $81.00
Shawãdawa Rapé - Spiritual
$14.00 – $90.00
Sananga Caboclo - 10ml
$23.00
Nukini Rapé - 7 Stars
$14.00 – $90.00
Caboclo Rapé - Paricá
$14.00 – $90.00
Shanenawa Rapé - Caneleiro
$14.00 – $90.00
Kuntanawa Rapé - Samauma Flower
$13.30 – $85.50
Katukina Rapé - Blond
$14.00 – $90.00
Kuntanawa Rapé - Samauma
$14.00 – $90.00
Yawanawa Rapé - Chief
$14.00 – $90.00
Caboclo Rapé - Gesileu
$14.00 – $90.00
Kuntanawa Rapé - Força
$14.00 – $90.00
