Practices and traditional knowledge of Terere in the culture of Pohã Ñana, Guaraní ancestral drink in Paraguay

Overview

The practices and traditional knowledge of Terere in the culture of Pohã Ñana, Guaraní ancestral drink in Paraguay, are widespread in the Paraguayan territory and involve a variety of bearers. Terere is a traditional drink prepared in a jug or thermos, in which cold water is mixed with Pohã Ñana crushed in a mortar. It is served in a glass pre-filled with yerba mate and sucked with a bombilla (metal or cane straw). Preparing the Terere is an intimate ritual involving a series of pre-established codes and each Pohã Ñana herb has health benefits linked to popular wisdom passed down through the generations. Terere practices in the culture of Pohã Ñana have been transmitted in Paraguayan families since approximately the sixteenth century. Traditional knowledge about the healing attributes of the medicinal herbs that make up the Pohã Ñana and their correct use are also transmitted...

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Communities: Paraguay
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Paraguay
Countries: Paraguay

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Language, Story and Memory Material Culture, Design and Technology Food, Agriculture and Seasonal Practice Health, Healing and Care Ceremony, Spirituality and Cosmology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

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inscription_year2020

title_enPractices and traditional knowledge of Terere in the culture of Pohã Ñana, Guaraní ancestral drink in Paraguay

title_frLes pratiques et connaissances traditionnelles liées au terere, boisson guaraní ancestrale au Paraguay, dans la culture du pohã ñana

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http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01603

concepts_primary_namesBeverages

concepts_secondary_namesApprenticeship, Craft workers, Dialects, Family, Farmers, Food preparation, Oral tradition, Rituals, Social inclusion, Traditional medicine

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/13625-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enThe Pohã Ñana, medicinal herbs of Paraguay

main_image_copyrightPy, 2019

main_image_authorRubén Capdevila -SNC

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