Plants and herbs that heal
The Afro-Indigenous knowledge of the healers of the Cria-ú-AP quilombo
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Plants, Afro-Indigenous Knowledge, Healers, Cria-ú. AmapáAbstract
This article is an excerpt from research conducted with two Traditional Healers from the Quilombola Community of Cria-ú in the State of Amapá. It is an ethnographic study, qualitative in nature, using participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and detailed description of fieldwork. The text aims to analyze how the religious experiences of the Traditional Healers of the Quilombola Community of Cria-ú in the state of Amapá are configured. The results indicate that in the Quilombo of Cria-ú, as in the entire Amazon region, the physical and spiritual work performed by the healers, such as blessings, spiritual passes, counseling, childbirth, massages, the production of herbal remedies, baths, and teas made from medicinal plants, among other activities, are very common and contribute to the local Afro-Indigenous identity.
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