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Colombia’s Wayuu fight pandemic with herbs

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Jepimana, Aug 23 (EFE).- When the coronavirus started to spread in Colombia, an old woman from La Guajira town dreamed that the virus had spread to indigenous communities and killed many people.In the dream, the spirits told the old woman it was necessary for the indigenous Wayuu people to dance their traditional yonna dance, bathe in natural herbs such as bija and wear red bracelets, a color that symbolizes the first menstrual bleeding, in order to survive the virus.(Camera: IRENE ESCUDERO / CARLOS ORTEGA)SHOT LIST: THE INDIGENOUS WAYUU PEOPLE IN JEPIMANA, COLOMBIA.

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