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Examples

  • The Puinave youth soaked the bark for thirty minutes and then rasped it, placing the shavings in an earthen pot.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • The Puinave youth insisted that the bark had to be removed at first light, before the sun penetrated the canopy and warmed the trunk.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Among them was a young Puinave, the son of a shaman who had been flown in from the Río Inírida, the highest Colombian affluent of the Orinoco.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • The Puinave youth soaked the bark for thirty minutes and then rasped it, placing the shavings in an earthen pot.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • The Puinave youth insisted that the bark had to be removed at first light, before the sun penetrated the canopy and warmed the trunk.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Among them was a young Puinave, the son of a shaman who had been flown in from the Río Inírida, the highest Colombian affluent of the Orinoco.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • He knew that the homeland of the Puinave was one of the regions where yopo did grow; and no doubt the boy’s father employed the hallucinogen in shamanic rites.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • He knew that the homeland of the Puinave was one of the regions where yopo did grow; and no doubt the boy’s father employed the hallucinogen in shamanic rites.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

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