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Women singing while handling the chakruna leaves

Pauini, Microrregião de Boca do Acre, Região Geográfica Intermediária de Lábrea, Amazonas, Região Norte, Brasil

A 6-minute field recording by gerrit.kalsbeek made in Boca do Acre, Brazil on 7 July 1996, in the morning. Soundscape: street music & buskers.

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Women singing while handling the chakruna leaves
6:02Public Domain Markby gerrit.kalsbeekInternet Archive
6:02
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Recordist's notes

Ayahuasca is made of two main ingredients: the DMT containing vine Banesteriopsis caapi and the leaves of the chakruna - Psychotria viridis. The men prepare the vines, while the women of the church prepare the leaves. In this recording we can hear the women singing in distance while we, the men, are scraping the vine.(men and women are seperated during preparing and drinking the brew.)

Written by gerrit.kalsbeek on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Boca do Acre is a town of about 34,635 people in Amazonas, Brazil. OttoAnna lists 5 field recordings from here.

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