Mapacho Moi

Organic Mapacho roll from Brazil.

Mapacho is a conglomerate of dried, cured and chopped Nicotiana rustica leaves.

Moi Mapacho is a delicate and exquisite type of Mapacho, softer compared to other rustic varieties, it has a captivating and distinctive aroma.

The Moi raccoon is produced in the Extrativist Reserve, deep in the Brazilian Amazon, near the border with Peru. It is cultivated by local communities, who descend from the mixture between indigenous tribes and immigrants who arrived from the northeast during the rubber boom.

Upper Jurua is home to native tribes such as the Ashaninka, Kuntanawa, Arara Shawãdawa and the Kaxinawa tribe, among others.

Nicotiana Rustica has been used for thousands of years in various forms and purposes: chewed, pulverized and inhaled, smoked, macerated drinkable or used externally, in poultice, bath or drops, to prevent or treat physical ailments, they were also used in rituals. for its character as a sacred plant.

When incenses are made, it is used as a way to clear the energy of a space or person. In North America, the passing of the pipe was linked to the use of speech and the connection with the sacred, for example, it was used when important decisions had to be made, before anyone spoke the whole group inhaled first from the pipe; This prior connection with what they considered sacred reflects the importance they gave to speaking truthfully and from the heart, which can be considered the ultimate purpose of this practice.