
Rapé
Rapè is an Amazonian medicine made mainly from powdered tobacco and is generally, but not exclusively, combined with ashes from tree barks and other plants. It is blown into each nostril with an instrument specially made for it. Each tribe gives it its particular name according to its language, but it is mostly known by the name it adopted in the not too distant past and that the French used to describe this tobacco powder, rapé. Rapé is a French word that means grated, grated tobacco.
Rapé is used ceremonially and ritually, as well as for hunting, and casually. It is very common to see them returning from their fields, hunting or work in general and get together to use rapé. Two tools are used for this, for self-application the kuripe is used and to pass it on to others the tepi is used. These are usually made of bone, bamboo or different types of wood.
There are many different recipes among the various ethnic groups that use it. To begin with, the tobacco itself can be prepared in two main ways, one known as moe tobacco and the other as tobacco de curda, these tobaccos are then mixed with different ashes from different trees, each with different medicinal properties. Some recipes also include different plants or seeds that are used in the mixtures and that give particular characteristics to each type of snuff. The traditional preparation is arduous and requires a lot of work until the tobacco is ground into a very fine powder that is then mixed with the other ingredients. There are some rapés without tobacco and also some that use nothing but tobacco, without ashes or any other plant.
Rapé has many uses and, although there is a difference between one and the other, it can be said that they all help to center and ground the body, to calm and focus the mind to be able to pray in a concentrated way, it is used to cleanse the thoughts , to calm the emotions, some more specifically to open the heart and in higher doses to cleanse physically, psycho-emotionally and energetically through purging.
For its deepest use, rapé must be used with a clear and sustained intention.
Rapé (nicotine), at a biochemical level, stimulates the production of dopamine, epinephrine and acetylcholine, neurotransmitters that help strengthen concentration, elevate mood and facilitate a state of calm and presence that help connect with intuition without so many filters. It is used to clear the head of excess mucus, toxins and negative thoughts. Its use extends throughout the Amazon, but it is in Brazil where the strongest and finest varieties of snuff are found. In addition, the Nicotiana Rústica variety found in the state of Acre, Brazil, has an even higher concentration of nicotine than any other, making this variety the strongest known.
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