Rapé Mulateiro

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

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

At Ancestrina, we associate it with grounding: recovering a sense of foundation when we are scattered, uncertain or overly concerned about what supports our material life.

Mulateiro invites us to return to the ground, recognize the resources available to us and approach what we need to build and sustain with greater presence.

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What makes Rapé Mulateiro distinct

There are moments when we feel we have lost our footing. It may happen around money, work, a move, a breakup, an unexpected change or simply when what once gave us security no longer feels as stable.

For us, Mulateiro speaks of returning to our foundation, recognizing where we stand and distinguishing what is actually happening from the scenarios our minds build around uncertainty.

What do I really need to feel supported? How much of my sense of security am I placing entirely outside myself? What resources do I have today to respond to what is before me?

Composition

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

Exact botanical identification, part of the plant and proportions: unconfirmed.

How we understand it

At Ancestrina, we associate Mulateiro with grounding, stability and support.

For us, grounding means being able to stay sufficiently present even as circumstances change.

Material security is also part of this territory: money, work, home, resources and the ability to sustain our everyday lives.

When one of these areas shifts, fear, anticipation or a sense that everything may collapse can easily appear.

Mulateiro invites us to return to what does exist now: our capacity to respond, the resources we have, the decisions we can make and the concrete ground beneath our feet.

In our energetic reading, we associate it with the first chakra, a territory we relate to roots, the body, belonging, security and our relationship with the material world.

That is why economic matters have historically been part of our reading of Mulateiro. Our relationship with money can reveal how we experience security, scarcity, control and trust in our ability to support ourselves.

Mulateiro invites us to return to the ground and build from there.

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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