The government of Peru said as the cultural patrimony of the nation’s traditional knowledge and practices of ayahuasca practiced by indigenous communities in the Amazon Forest. The ayahuasca is better known in Brazil as Santo Daime. The decision of the Peruvian government, signed by the director of the National Institute of Culture, Javier Ugaz Villacorta, was published in the Saturday edition of El Peruano, the official daily of the country.
In the statement of recognition, the Peruvian government maintains that the ayahuasca has psychotropic qualities, namely that act on the psyche, the mental activity, behaviour, perceptions and is known worldwide as a plant indigenous to transmit wisdom for the beginner on the very foundations of the world.
It also states that the effects produced by its consumption is equivalent to entering the secrets of the spiritual world. According to the National Institute of Culture, the ritual of ayahuasca is setting as the center of traditional medicine and is one of the pillars of the identity of Amazonian peoples, and its use necessary and indispensable for all members of society Peruvian Amazon.
According to the Peruvian government, ayahuasca has extraordinary cultural history because of its psychotropic qualities. The National Institute of Culture notes that the use and results obtained with ayahuasca are required for all members of societies Amazon at some point in their lives and essential to assume the role of privileged individuals, either through communications with the spiritual world or [dream visions?]”
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