Amazon Explorer: Expeditions and Survival in the Amazon Rainforest: Amazonia

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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Matsés Indigenous Traditions IV. Copal Torches

Indigenous people of the Amazon extract the copal tree (Protium ferrugineum) resin through incisions for use in different applications. Ma...

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Matsés Indigenous Traditions III. Barbasco (Lonchocarpus sp.)

Also known as “cubé” is a plant part of the Fabaceae family that grows in the South American rainforest, used in the traditional fish by ...

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Matsés Indigenous Traditions II. The Frog Medicine (Kambo)

Frog medicine, known in Spanish as Medicina del Sapo , originally know as Kambo in old Matses language; sometimes referred as kambô and...

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Matsés Indigenous Traditions I. Nënë or Nunu, The Tobacco Inhalation

The native experts of the Matses (Mayoruna) tribe process a refined green powder that they call nënë in their own language or sometimes ...

Saturday, July 2, 2011

The Shuar (Jibaro) People

A Shuar with his traditional crown of feathers and face painting Known as a fierce tribe and headhunters, noted for their custom to re...

Friday, May 6, 2011

LOS SHUAR O JÍBAROS

Conocidos como una aguerrida tribu del Amazonas y notables por su tradición de reducir las cabezas humanas al tamaño de una naranja, los l...

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