Hushahu. Shaman of the Yawanawa people. Hushahu. Pajé do povo Yawanawá

Hushahu mora no Acre, e ela é uma pajé Yawanawá. A primeira mulher a se tornar pajé, e a primeira pajé da sua geração. Ela venceu os prejuízos e se tornou um ser de poder e sabedoría. A sua iniciação consistiu de uma dieta que exclui a àgua, e o doce, e inclui alimentos crus, peixe e o uso do chá, a medicina chamada Uni.

A situação das mulheres mudou graças a Hushahu e a irmá dela, Raimunda Putani, que também teve acesso à iniciação para ser pajé.

Este fragmento do video "Aldeias Futuras" é um chamado aos homens e mulheres para preservar nossa diversidade, cultural e biológica.




Hushahu lives in the Yawanawa territory, in Acre. One day, her brother Tashka and his wife, asked her if she wanted to be initiated as a shaman, and offered their support. Despite all the prejudices against a woman being initiated, she became the first woman to become a shaman, and the first Yawanawa shaman of her generation. She lived by herself in the forest, learning and fighting to survive with the help of Uni (Yawanawa name for ayahuasca).

Today the situation of the Yawanawa women has changed thanks to Hushahu.

This is a call for all, men and women to unite to protect our cultural and biological diversity.

The video is part of the documentary "Inhabiting the Future".

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[bahaila]

This people won't go extinct. I can tell you the Yawanawá are wise enough to adapt to modern times. They are evolving technologically, producing their own biodiesel out of palm kernel from the forest, and working towards going back to being self-sustainable, which they already were a few decades ago. Indigenous cultures will have a major role in human survival. They know of this, and they know this is also part of the reason why preserving their culture is so important, for them and for us.

[OmmmYogi]

I would love to visit and study with these beautiful beings!

[EarthaKit2]

One of the ways that people are changing, fr their heart, is that instead of bldg with logs & beams, people are making Earth Houses, making bricks fr clay, earth & straw& using thatch roof,. These type of houses hv been built fr ancient times, all the way fr the UK to France, Italy & China. And now, fr the Amer. SW to Br. Columbia. They withstand all kinds of moisture w/low maintenance. There are thatch roof still being made & preferred in the UK. They last for several decades- in snow & wind.

[EarthaKit2]

"The Forest talked. THe flowers talked. The animals talked."

Yeah, they still do. Only the majority of Humans hv learned to shut them out. Because religions taught us to....in the Dark Ages, the church burned every single person that could communicate with other Beings.

Today, Communication is coming back, though.

[SistaAvatar]

Thank you so much to the wonderful Shamanka for sharing such wondrous wisdom with the world! Every being on this planet would do well to learn of such great guidance to the rest of this planet about how we should all be treating the Great Mother! With the respect She deserves! A wonderful tribe with much to teach us all!!!

[1667Daniela]

What she said is so true and we should learn from them to be better people and respect the nature God gave to us to live in harmony on this planet.

Please people, lest do some thing to change this world that is our home for a better way to live in peace and joy with all. We have to stop polluting this world. We have to live a more simple and sociable life with each of us and respect and care for the plants and animals.

[evorevo88]

i love u

[pat00asti]

Yawanawa people,

Please tell me about the sky gods who live near the Gaupore River and sleep in the lakes near by.

[granddad2002]

I live in the modern world. I am modern enough to know when something is going to go extinct. In a few more generation, these folks won't even exist. MY great-grandfather would have shrugged off this notion; but I look on all this as a tragedy. I hope she's right? That the knowledge and culture will continue on..it will be protected by her children as she protects her children. Only time will tell? Hopefully, these folks will be cherished like an endangered species?

[WakingRoom]

Thank you so much for sharing!