IN the Venezuelan Amazon the dabacurí is a ritual dance. In 2013 Hugo Chávez eliminated dissident parliamentary representatives from the region and dismissed Guarulla as its leader for 16 years. Then Guarulla cast the curse of dabacurí (it is not clear why he used this name), which promised a painful death to him and his. On March 5, 2013, he died of cancer. The Tukan indians of the Colombian Vaupés region, in the vicinity of the Yapu and Papurí rivers many already wear the clothes of the Western man, but do not forget their colorful paintings of carayurú -plant from which they obtain a body painting - nor dare to venture into the jungle without the blessing of the clown, their shaman and spiritual leader. Depending on the needs or the season, they gather fasted and in vigil, with attire of paintings and incendiary plumages to celebrate their traditional festivals of the Yuruparí and Dabucurí : time to renew the world and life. Then there is a mind-blowing scene that lasts many days. While consuming sacred hallucinogenic plants they dance endlessly for days, with their nights, in the sight of their historians and guides.
