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Indigenous peoples of the Colombian Amazon Approximately a third of the southern part of Colombia is covered by Amazon rainfores ...
the ritual ‘sacred word of power’ contains all the knowledge required to cure as well as to cause illness. This includes how to ...
From a very young age, the future sabedorlearns to recognise the diverse types of plants found in the tropical forest environmen ...
have dedicated their lives to shamanic rituals. These rituals include learning with the aid of drums, maracas, chanting and body ...
bad energy or illness out of the body. The positive energy is restored to the body using water, massage, plants and other natura ...
and aggressiveness are eliminated during this ritual, which is of great importance to the ethnic group. Examples of traditional ...
together with vegetable salt (prepared previously from certain forest plants). The proportions depend on the use to which the am ...
Preparation In the chagra the coca leaf (Erythroxylum coca) (Figure 4.5) is collected in a basket (Kirigein Uitoto language), wh ...
group in the area known as Trapecio, yajéor ayahuascais a sacred plant and forms the base of the Cocama knowledge in the Trapeci ...
Curative medicines of plant origin The sabedoreshave a profound knowledge of the plants in the tropical forest. They have their ...
Use The sap is used to treat internal infections. The sabedoresrecord it as having hallucinogenic effects and it is also known a ...
Badea (Passiflora quadrangularis) SabedorHilario Rivero Yukuna, originally from Mirití said in an interview in, Leticia, Amazona ...
powdered and used to treat mouth infections – directly applied to the affected area. After 3 or 4 days the fungus begins to turn ...
interview 11 in the addendum) and other sources (see interview 1 in the addendum and Corredor et al.^15 ) the fat of mojojoy is ...
Further reading Eliade M. El Chamanismo. (Shamanism.) Mexico: Fondo Cultura Económica (FCE), 1976. Fericgla JM. ¿Alucinógenos o ...
7.Britannica. Available at: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/538200/shamanism (accessed 20 April 2009). Eliade M. Sham ...
5 Traditional medical practice in Africa Gillian Scott Introduction Continental Africa currently comprises some 52 states. This ...
attributed to the fact that African indigenous medical systems have always been an oral tradition, whereby knowledge is passed f ...
knowledge, attitudes and beliefs that are prevalent in the community regarding physical, mental and social well-being and the ca ...
kinds, whether material or not, which from time immemorial had enabled the African to guard against disease, to alleviate his su ...
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