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Milla Heckler

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  • Home
  • Bio
  • Film Collection
  • Amazonia Ecuatoriana
    • Sapara - Journal Entries
    • Chicha de Yuca
    • Tobacco Ritual
    • Short Docs
    • Gallery - Sapara Tribe
    • Gallery - Serena
    • Guayusa Ceremony
    • Film (coming soon)
  • Drowning Thoughts
  • Ecuador 2025
  • Homeless in Hollywood
  • Galapagos
  • Gallery
  • Stories
  • Award
  • Contact Me

Tobacco Ritual

Tobacco as Medicine: A Sacred Amazonian Ceremony

Within the Sapara community, and many other indigenous groups within the Amazon, tobacco is not used to party, or to cope with anxieties, or to suppress your appetite, or as an oral fixation. It is not seen through the lens of vice, addiction, or recreation. It is a form of medicine to them. 

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