5700 x 3800 px | 48,3 x 32,2 cm | 19 x 12,7 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
18 maggio 2015
Ubicazione:
Sorcerers Alley, Shamans Alley, Belen Market, Iquitos, Maynas, Peru, Amazon River
Altre informazioni:
Bottles of plant extracts and medicine are arranged in rows for sale at Shaman's Alley, also known as Sorceror's Alley in Belen Market. Belen is an infamous market along the Amazon River in Iquitos, Peru. Numerous cures, medicines, shamanic tools and illegal reptiles and animals are for sale in this ramshackle labyrinth of shops and stands. Part of the market is floating on the Amazon itself. Iquitos is the largest city in the world not accessible by road. Deep in the northwest amazon river basin, this busy city is only reached by boat and airplane, but is a popular tourist stop - mainly for Ayahuasca related tourism. Iquitos is in the heart of Shipibo territory, ancient practitioners of plant medicine such as Ayahuasca. Curanderos and Ayahuasqueros will make extracts of plant matter with alcohol as a preservative, and some will offer them for sale in the markets such as Belen.
