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According to tradition, when Tata Dios went to heaven in the beginning of the world, he left hikuli behind as the great remedy of the people, Hikuli has four faces and sees everything.
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The chilito is an acidic, edible fruit that grows on a Mexican cactus called Hikuli mulatto.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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The chilito is an acidic, edible fruit that grows on a Mexican cactus called Hikuli mulatto.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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The chilito is an acidic, edible fruit that grows on a Mexican cactus called Hikuli mulatto.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Hikuli never stops singing, even after being harvested.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Hikuli never stops singing, even after being harvested.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Hikuli is not kept in the house, because it is extremely virtuous, and might become offended at the sight of anything immodest.
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As one or the other of his assistants succumbs to sleepiness, he has to ask permission of Hikuli, through the shaman, to go off and rest for a while, and must properly notify Hikuli of his leaving and returning to duty.
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His songs describe how Hikuli walks with his rattles and with his staff of authority; he comes to cure and to guard the people and to grant a "beautiful" intoxication.
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Hikuli is also applied externally for snake-bites, burns, wounds, and rheumatism; for these purposes it is chewed, or merely moistened in the mouth, and applied to the afflicted part.
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