Cuenca Continued

Day# 4: Today we didn’t have any morning tours. For our Spanish class walkabout, we visited a local market where female shamans perform ritual cleansings on people. Most of the recipients were children brought by their parents. During the ritual, the patient is brushed with leaves from the Huanto plant (seeds used to make Scopalamine) and the plant called Ceniza. At the end of the session the shaman took a drink of some liquid and sprayed it on the patient.