Shamans in the Brazilian Amazon taking Sacred Rapé Medicinal Snuff
There are thousands of snuffs rapes (pronouned haPAY) in the Amazon, each with different properties depending on the plants used as ingredients. Here at the Brazilian Amazon, in the Kuntanawa tribal reserve, indigneous shamans and leaders are gathered at the foot of the sacred samauma true taking a rape break. It is applied by adding the powder to one end of the pipe, and then inserting that end in your nose, while your conterpart on the other end blows.
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