At Chacruna: The Muká Diet of the Yawanawá Indigenous People in Acre, Brazil

Lígia Duque Platero

The muká diet is considered by the Yawanawá, indigenous people of Acre Brazil, as their most important initiation in the process of acquiring shamanic power and knowledge. If, in the recent past, the diet was exclusively for men of this ethnic group, since 2006, some Yawanawá women are also having access to it. In addition, with the expansion of their alliances with the non-indigenous people of the cities, some non-indigenous persons also have access to the diet... continue reading.