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An Ecuadorian shaman wearing a feathered headdress performs an ayahuasca ceremony with ritual objects, candles, and bottles on a wooden table in a thatched hut.

Thick jungle vine Banisteriopsis caapi, known as ayahuasca, climbs a tree trunk in a lush forest. A red sign at the base reads Ayahuasca Banisteriopsis caapi.

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An Ecuadorian shaman wearing a feathered headdress performs an ayahuasca ceremony with ritual objects, candles, and bottles on a wooden table in a thatched hut.

Ayahuasca; shaman

A shaman performing an ayahuasca rite in the Amazon region of Ecuador.

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Thick jungle vine Banisteriopsis caapi, known as ayahuasca, climbs a tree trunk in a lush forest. A red sign at the base reads Ayahuasca Banisteriopsis caapi.

Banisteriopsis caapi

Banisteriopsis caapi, a South American jungle vine of the family Malpighiaceae...

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