Join Zezinho Yube Huni Kuin for a hapé ceremony at Golden Drum. In addition to sharing hapé, an ancient medicinal plant blend from the Amazon, Yube will share traditional music and knowledge.
More about hapé (pronounced “ha-peh”): Hapé is a powerful, cleansing snuff used as part of important medicinal rituals by the native people of the Amazon Rainforest. This medicinal mix of tobacco, herbs and ashes helps focus and sharpen the mind, and can act as a clearing agent for distracting energies in preparation for intention setting. Hapé 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.
$40 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. Contact us for assistance. *Note: participants will be required to sign a waiver to participate in this ceremony
Zezinho Yube Huni Kuin: is from the Huni kuin people of Acre, Brazil. He is an Indigenous Agroflorestal Agent and Award Winning Indigenous filmmaker. He was Secretary of AMAAIAC (Association Movement of Indigenous Agroforestry Agents of Acre) from 2002 to 2008 and Advisor for Indigenous Affairs with the Government of the State of Acre from 2011 until 2019. He is currently the Vice President of 108 Villages, husband, father to 10 children, grandfather and popularly nicknamed the Buddha of the Forest; he is from the Huni kuin people of Acre, Brazil. He is an Indigenous Agroflorestal Agent and Award Winning Indigenous filmmaker. He was Secretary of AMAAIAC (Association Movement of Indigenous Agroforestry Agents of Acre) from 2002 to 2008 and Advisor for Indigenous Affairs with the Government of the State of Acre from 2011 until 2019. He is currently the Vice President of 108 Villages, husband, father to 12 children, grandfather and popularly nicknamed the Buddha of the Forest.