Machi: Mujer Mapuche
“Una mujer del puebo Mapuche, encargada de ceremonias religiosas y cura enfermos.
Tambien era la media yerbatera, quien utiliza productos naturales que econtrada de la tierra de Chile. Era la encargada de transmitir a su pueblo lo que madre naturaleza deseaba que los hombres hicieron.
El arbol es sagrado por el pueblo Mapuche. Es un arbol protector.”
“She is a Mapuche woman, in charge of religious ceremonies and curing the sick.
She is also an herbalist, using natural plants that she finds in Chile. She is in charge of communicating what Mother Earth asks the people to do.
The tree behind her is a sacred tree for the Mapuche people. It is our protector.”
