Rapé Capemba
From: $19.55
Rapé Capemba is another special one from the Kaxinawa. This is a rapé made with Capemba ashes only. Capemba ashes are made from a sacred palm tree that has medicinal properties.
Rapé Capemba
Rapé Capemba is another special snuff from the Kaxinawa. This is a rapé made from arapiraca and Capemba ashes only. Capemba ashes are made from a sacred palm tree that has medicinal properties. They say when taken it creates wind in the way that we see the leaves of a palm tree waving in the breeze. In the same way, this wind expels diseases from the body.
Capemba brings spiritual strength and clears the respiratory system relieving sinusitis. It feeds the core of our being and reminds us to be flexible in every way imaginable and stay with ourselves.
Tribal Usage
The Kaxinawa tribe uses its Rapé for different purposes. For example, relief of physical pain and headaches and cleaning of sinuses. In Addition, the Kaxinawa’s apply Rapé for mental healing, mostly in combination with chanting.
Rapé connects the tribe with spirits of the jungle and – depending on the specific ingredients – it can cure, heighten concentration, improve hunting, or be a connector to the spirit of nature. The Kaxinawa like to experiment and use a wide range of ingredients for their rapé.
About the Tribe
The Kaxinawá people (Huni Kuin) are an indigenous tribe who live in Brazil and Peru. The Kaxinawá are also known as the Cashinauá, Caxinauá, or Kashinawa people. This name comes from kashi or “bat” and nawa meaning “outsiders” or “foreigners”.
Their autonym is Huni Kuin or “real men” or “true people”, from huni, “man”, and kuin meaning “real” or “true”. Their language belongs to the Pano linguistic family, which they call hatxa-Kuin (true language). The population is approximately 4,000 people. The Kaxinawa account for 42% of the indigenous population of Acre state in Western Brazil.
Do you want to learn a bit more about the tribe then have a read here.
Tepi and Kuripe
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Tepis receiving blessings from their creators
Handling & Sorting
I sieve this rapé Capemba and all other snuff coming from my shop through a 120-micron high-grade stainless steel mesh. I also store the Rapé stock dry and in vacuum containers to prolong freshness and quality.
This results in.
- an extremely fine powder.
- a guaranteed consistent fineness
- optimal absorption of the snuff
