yaje
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A strong Amazonian plant drink used in spiritual ceremonies to cause visions
- noun
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yagé
- The shaman prepared yaje from local plants to guide the group through their visions.
Examples
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Tukano tribes also journey to the sky on wings of yaje, a vision-inducing drink prepared from Banisteriopsis caapi, a jungle vine.
Academic text (1991) -
Many people travel to the Amazon to experience a spiritual journey with yaje.
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The shaman orchestrates a yaje party in which an entire group of men takes the narcotic drink.
Academic text (1991) -
During the ceremony, participants drank yaje to connect with the spiritual world.
Synonyms
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A drink made from Amazon plants that people use in spiritual ceremonies and causes strong visions
is the same drink but called by another traditional name
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yaje also names the 'brew' made from that vine and other plants, the same drink often called ayahuasca, because the plant's name came to mean the whole drink. So, yaje can mean the ceremonial drink as well.