Santo Daime
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Santo Daime is a universalistic/syncretic religion founded in the 1930s in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Acre based on the teachings of Raimundo Irineu Serra, known as Mestre Irineu. Santo Daime in
Six-pointed star with eagle and crescent, a common Santo Daime symbol worn by members of the religion
Ayahuasca (called "Santo Daime" within the religion) waiting for the beginning of the ceremonial work. Participants' faces have been obscured for privacy.
Ayahuasca
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Ayahuasca is a South American psychoactive decoction prepared from Banisteriopsis caapi vine and a dimethyltryptamine -containing plant, used by Indigenous cultures in the Amazon and Orinoco basins as
Santo Daime
…hours long, sung collectively, and are undertaken sitting in silent "concentration" or dancing according to simple steps in geometrical formation. Ayahuasca, referred to as Daime within the practice, which contains several psychoactive compounds, is consumed as a sacrament as part of the ceremony. Santo…
Ayahuasca being brewed in Iquitos, Peru
Ayahuasca being prepared in the Napo region of Ecuador
Ayahuasca cooking in the Loreto region of Peru
Ayahuasca being prepared in Ecuador