Bakairi

The origin of the term Bakairi is unknown to them and is found recorded in the chronicles of regional history since the 18th Century.

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The shaman was a man of about forty years, which is old indeed for the Bakairi.

Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006

Lavinia wondered, thinking on the Bakairi and what complexity her husband might have inadvertently brought to their pristine world.

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"Colonel Huntington had informed me that he intended to carry out the ritual, which was based on a similar experience he had undergone when living with the Bakairi tribe in the Amazon jungle," the student's voice rang out confident.

Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006

But there was a look about the eyes that she recognized, the same gleam of inspired ambition Lavinia had seen in James as he worked on his illustrations and scribbled observations of the Bakairi, the Amazonian tribe he had studied, and other indigenous peoples.

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She had placed a specimen of the root bark from Mimosa hostilis and a section of ayahuasca vine, used by the Bakairi to make their Jurema brew, on a small stand and was sketching it studiously while Aunt Madeleine executed her needlepoint by the fireplace.

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The Bakairi had agreed to allow the Colonel to be photographed during the ritual but not themselves.

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In the silence of the study, Colonel Huntington and Hamish Campbell were examining the tribal groupings and icons of the Bakairi.

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I myself have experimented with ayahuasca, used by the Bakairi in their spiritual practices.

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"Colonel, I have taken the liberty of writing to the Anthropological Society of Paris and, after reading more of your work, I'm afraid I must canvass you again regarding the endorsement of my essay and the perusal of your Bakairi artifacts."

Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006