Xacapandaré

Rapé Xacapandaré

Xacapandaré is made with a very high proportion of mapacho Sabia, tsunu ash and the xacapandaré herb, an exotic and rare plant traditional to the Huni Kuin.

In addition to using it in rapé, the Huni Kuin burn the leaves of the xacapandaré herb as incense to cleanse spaces, prepare it in body-cleansing baths and drink it as an infusion.

• Tribe: Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá)
• Composition: Mapacho Sabia, tsunu ash and xacapandaré.
• Balance: Extra strong (extreme proportion of mapacho)
• Character: Intense, deep, ceremonial
• Use: Ethnobotanical sample

The Amazonian Huni Kuin Tribe

The Huni Kuin — “the true people” in Hãtxa Kuĩ, their language — are one of the most numerous indigenous peoples of the Brazilian Amazon. More than fifteen thousand people inhabit the basins of the Jordão River and the Upper Juruá, in the state of Acre, organised in over one hundred villages. Their recent history is a story of reconstruction: decimated during the rubber boom at the beginning of the twentieth century, they reclaimed their territory, recovered their language and rebuilt their communities in just three generations.