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mapuchean
magic and medicine
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Machi:
Witch doctor. Kuymün: Healing state. Machiluwun: It is an initiation ceremony for a new machi. Machitun: It is a ceremony where the machi fight against the evil forces. Ulutun: It is a kind of machitun where the healing treatment is done through prayers and singing accompained by the kultrung. Datun: Machitun that takes place during the all night and the machi defeats evilness. Ngeykurewen: Ceremony which the machi renews her powers and forces. Rewe: A central place where rituals take place, or a long stepped tree trunk with some human features on its top. Che mamüll: Wooden figures are used as Rewe. Also called che mamüll (wooden people). Kultrung: Drum uses by the machi in ceremonies. On its surface has drawn four quadrants with stars and suns representing the cosmos. Afafan: the war shoutings made by people who are helping the machi to fight the evil forces. Kona: Warriors who helps the machi during the ceremony. Willentun: Way of diagnosing that consists on seeing the urine. It is performed by the machi under healing state. Rekutran: Illness considering naturals. Kalku-kutran: Illness caused by a Kalku (witch). Lawen: Herbs medicine that have curative properties. Ngütamchefe: A broken bones mender. Lawentuchefe: Person who sells fodder grass. Kalku: Witch that controls and uses the evil forces. Fuñapue: A compound made up from different elements that caused a damaging effect after three until seven months of being drunk. The most used elements to caused the illness are eggs, wine and sopaipillas (a kind of donaught). Sawün: It is another way of using the Fuñapue. Put this one directly on a person land, causing a suddenly exhaustion of it. This damage lasts for seven years.
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