OLAC Record: oai:ailla.utexas.edu:39

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Creator: (recorder)
Date: 17 Feb. 1988 [Created]
Description: Channel: Singing; Genre: Curing; Country: Ecuador; Place of Recording: Puka yaku, Pastaza Province; Event: Curing Ceremony / Ritual; Institutional Affiliation: University of Alabama; Participant Information: Medicinal Specialist;
 On February 17, a curer living near the village of Puka yaku spent part of his day overseeing the preparation of an hallucinogenic drink made from the Banisteriopsis vine commonly known as ayahuasca. Although I tried to watch the preparations closely, I was asked to keep my distance from the operation. Much of the supervision and preparation were delegated to his son-in-law and grandson, who harvested the vine from their field, scraped its bark, and then cooked the mixture, which, when it was done appeared as a brown colored liquid with a whitish tinged layer near the top. That evening, the curer, accompanied by his son-in-law and grandson drank the ayahuasca in the early evening. While drinking, the curer and his son-in-law or
Identifier: http://www.ailla.org/audio_files/QLB1M1A1.mp3
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Subject: [language] Pastaza Quechua
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