Mirada a un ritual de yagé en La Calera

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a healer starting a Yage ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 09, 2014 of a man sitting next to a bonfire after drinking yage during a ritual in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a man drinking yage during a ritual in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a healer (C) starting a Yage ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a healer starting a Yage ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a healer starting a Yage ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 09, 2014 of a man laying on a carpet after drinking yage during a ritual in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a healer (C) starting a Yage ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a healer (L) starting a Yage ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a healer starting a Yage ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 09, 2014, of a healer starting a Yage ceremony by offering what they call the medicinal plant to a person taking part of the ritual, in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a woman drinking yage in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of people sitting around a bonfire after drinking yage during a ritual in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 09, 2014, of a woman sitting outside a tent after drinking yage during a ritual in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of people resting after drinking yage during a ritual in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 09, 2014, of a healer starting a Yage ceremony by offering what they call the medicinal plant to a person taking part of the ritual, in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a man sitting around a bonfire after drinking yage during a ritual in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a man sitting around a bonfire after drinking yage during a ritual in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of people sitting around a bonfire after drinking yage during a ritual in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 09, 2014, of a healer starting a yage ceremony by offering what they call the medicinal plant to a person taking part of the ritual, in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a healer (L) starting a Yage ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 9, 2014 of a healer starting a Yage ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Picture taken on August 09, 2014 of a healer starting a yage ceremony by pouring what they call the medicinal plant into a jar, in La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. Yage, a mixture of the Ayahuasca hallucinogenic liana and a psychoactive bush, attracts many people in Colombia, who seek to participate in a traditional indigenous ritual of spiritual and physical healing impossible to realize in many countries where these plants are considered drugs. AFP PHOTO/Eitan Abramovich