Txana Masha will be sharing two sacred medicines from the Amazon, called Sananga and Hapé.
Sananga is utilized as a healing eye drop, it is the juice extracted from the roots of an Amazonic plant, "Mata Heins" from the Huni Kuin dialect. From inside of the roots, a juice in decoction is extracted, which is utilized to cure the "Panemas" spiritual diseases. The warrior Indians, before going hunting, will take a drop in each eye, making their perception sharpened, so they can perceive subtle movements in the dense forest Sananga works in the main energetic healing ways: Physical and Spiritual.
Hape (pronounced “ha-peh”), a powerful, cleansing snuff used as part of important medicinal rituals. This medicinal tobacco helps focus and sharpen the mind, also clears a person of distracting, bad energies in preparation for intention setting. It clears sinuses of mucus and bacteria, thereby helping to combat colds and respiratory ailments. It provides a calming, grounding effect on the emotions that last much longer than the initial sensation.
After consecrating the medicines we will integrate and celebrate together with a sacred song circle led by Txana Masha with traditional Huni Kuin Cantoria that has been passed down for thousands of years.
Suggested donation: $60; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Contact us for financial assistance.
About Txana Masha
Txana Mashã is a leader within his Huni Kuin Village which is located in Acre, Amazon - Brazil. Based on the philosophy of teaching and learning together, the indigenous leader seeks to keep alive and intact all the cultural and identity expressions of his land, kept in his mind and heart. “Txana”, known in Portuguese as japinim, is a bird which has the ability to imitate the sound of all other birds.
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