TY  - JOUR 
TI  - Les nouveaux yajeceros urbains Une approche de la consommation rituelle du yajé en Colombie
PB  - Université Libre de Bruxelles
PY  - 2013
issn 0009-8140
AB  - For several years, many Columbian cities have witnessed a rise of ritual practices
linked to the ingestion of ayahuasca or yajé. The traditional use of this psychoactive substance
is related to shamanic healing and initiation, as performed by the indigenous and mixed-blood
peasants of the Amazonian foothills. Today, these practices also concern middle and high
class individuals, motivated by therapeutic and spiritual motives predominantly. Presented
under the label of « traditional medicine », the ritual intake of yajé is promoted as a legitimate
and legal practice. A new class of experts (the new taitas yajeceros) articulate the traditional
indigenous uses of this psychoactive substance and the expectations of an urban audience. This
article explores some new places of yajés consumption in Columbia and discusses some of their
particularities through the case study of a new taita yajecero and of his foundation.
KW  - Medicina tradicional
KW  - Medicina indígena - Brasil
KW  - Práctica médica
KW  - Ciencias sociales
KW  - Social sciences
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10906/82324
ER  -