VOICE OF COMMUNITY

Hapé, also known as rapé or rapeh (pronounced “ha-PAY”), is far more than a powdered tobacco snuff – it is an ancient plant sacrament revered by the indigenous tribes of the Amazon. For countless generations, tribes such as the Yawanawá, Katukina, Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá), Nukini, Apurinã and many others have prepared and used hapé in rituals of prayer, healing, and spiritual alignment. In their cosmologies, hapé is a “living medicine” carrying the wisdom of the rainforest.