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Rapé Mulungu

  • Energy center: Tercer chakra
  • Ancestral Reading: The Rapé of deep sadness

Price range: $90,000 through $130,000

Rapé Mulungu is prepared by hand with rustic Amazonian tobacco and Mulungu.

At Ancestrina, we call it the Rapé of deep sadness. We associate it with moments when something weighs on us, when we need to turn inward and stay close to what we feel without being completely swept away by it.

For us, Mulungu has a quality of gentleness, containment and companionship.

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What makes Rapé Mulungu distinct

Some sadness passes quickly; other sadness asks for time.

There are moments when we do not need to run from what we feel, but to find a way to remain close to it.

For us, Mulungu speaks of turning inward, making room for sadness and allowing what weighs on us to be felt without demanding that we resolve it immediately.

Mulungu invites us to stay.

What sadness needs to be heard? What am I trying to leave behind too quickly? What changes when I stop fighting what I feel?

Composition

  • Base: Rustic Amazonian tobacco
  • Ingredient accompanying the tobacco: Mulungu
  • Origin: Brazil

How we understand it

In our experience, Mulungu has a gentle, containing quality.

We associate it with moments of emotional weight, turning inward and deep sadness, particularly when we need to approach what we feel without being completely absorbed by it.

We do not seek to rush the process. Sometimes being present with sadness is already part of the path.

Mulungu invites us to hold that space more gently, allowing what we feel to have a place without making it all that we are.

Origin and Production

Ancestrina’s rapés are made directly by elders of the Marubo, Munduruku, and Yanomami tribes in Brazil, with whom we maintain a direct relationship.

These preparations are made for Ancestrina based on each community’s traditional knowledge. When a variety contains tobacco, the tobacco used is rustic Amazonian tobacco grown by the communities themselves.

Each rapé retains its ingredients, but it does not follow an industrial formula with identical proportions. The quantities may vary from one batch to another depending on the knowledge and intuition of the Mayor who prepares it.

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