Video of the Day: “El gran chaman”

There are numerous reasons why the Amazonian rainforest needs to be preserved; one of them is the large number of medicinal plants found there and can be used to cure diseases in the developed world.

In the following clip from the National Geographic Channel, a Paraguayan shaman shows how he seeks one type of plant that is used to treat various ailments.

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(By the way, here’s the song that is referenced to by the title to this post).

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