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Hapéh Ceremony with Matsini

Matsini

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Rapé is a mix of Amazonian healing plants ash with tobacco. A very sacred snuff medicine, connected to the spirit of the Jaguar, the Earth. It brings profound healing, guidance, and protection. It helps one find steadiness on their path towards their true purpose.

The Yawanawa consider Rapé medicine to be the strongest medicine they work with, for its potent healing abilities and the strength that it brings. It must be highly respected, and when used correctly can bring countless benefits and a beautiful connection to our prayers.

Matsini explains the meaning of the Rapé medicine, its ancestral ways, and he and his family will share beautiful prayer songs used in traditional Yawanawa ceremonies, guiding participants through a journey of honoring the spirit of the plant, from deep in the Amazon rainforest where the medicine originates from.

The teacher

Matsini

Matsini

Matsini

Yawanawa · Brazil

Matsini, the Chief of Aldeia Mutum, comes from an unbroken lineage of pajes (spiritual leader), studying with his teacher and legendary Pajé Tata from childhood till a few years ago when Tata passed away. Matsini became a Pajé around the age of 18 and has been deepening his studies ever since constantly doing diets to strengthen his connection with the Uni (ayahuasca) and the Yawanawa prayers and traditions. His sisters are the first-ever female Pajé’s of the Yawanawa tribe, Hushahu, Putany, & Waxy, and also study in Mutum. Matsini works year-round with groups dieting in Mutum, sharing his prayers and traditions with a few close students, and is focused on NGO work via Floresta Association, a non-profit aiming to create sustainability in Mutum for generations to come.

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