{"id":15570,"date":"2024-06-01T12:57:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T17:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/?page_id=15570"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:51:20","slug":"wituk-sevi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/en\/wituk-sevi\/","title":{"rendered":"wituk sevi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WHAT IS WITUK<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Wituk is the tree of energy and harmony that offers Amazonian women (warmis) and men, of some nationalities, paint to decorate their faces and bodies during festivities. While, for the women of the Afro Andina School, Wanawake is the voice that names this game that promotes learning.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The\u00a0wituk<\/a>\u00a0It is an Amazonian fruit from a tree, used for natural hair treatment, face and body painting. In addition, it is used for painting rituals in the traditional festival of Sarayaku (Uyantza). The wituk is an integral part of the clothing of the Kichwa Runa<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

In ancient times, they say that the wituk was a beautiful woman who, after a sentimental disappointment, became a wituk tree to give encouragement and happiness to all women and men on earth by painting their faces with its fruit.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The Wituk is a Sarayaku expression that manifests the intrinsic coexistence with the Living Jungle \u2013 Kawsak Sacha<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest grows a tree that is not only vital to the local ecosystem, but also plays a crucial role in the spiritual and cultural connection of the people.\u00a0sarayaku<\/a>: the wituk.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This tree, which receives its name from the ancestral Kichwa language, is more than just a natural element; It is a symbol of the intimate relationship between the indigenous community and its environment.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The fruit of the wituk or American genipa undergoes a color change when it comes into contact with oxygen. This unique phenomenon makes it a natural source of dye, used to decorate hair, faces and bodies. It is also known as huito, jagua or kipara.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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