A machi is a traditional healer and religious leader in the Mapuche culture of Chile and Argentina. Machis play significant roles in Mapuche religion. In contemporary Mapuche culture, women are more commonly machis than men, but it is not a rule. Male machi are known as Machi Weye.
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An Araucan/Mapuche machi (shaman or witch doctor)
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El machitún es una ceremonia de sanación del pueblo mapuche, llevada a cabo por una machi.
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A Machi is a shaman or (usually) a good witch in the Mapuche culture of South America; and is also a...
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Symbol of Mapuche culture.