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Topic: Huito


In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
  Huito, Pastaza, Ecuador - Houses / Homes / Real Estate property for sale or for rent - and vacation rentals
If you are considering buying real estate in Huito or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
A mortgage is often used to fund the purchase of a house, home, apartment or villa to be used as vacation rentals.
In many cases vacation rentals in Huito are offered by the owners of the property but in some instances real estate agents offer vacation rentals in Huito.
www.propertyworld.com /_Ecuador_Pastaza_Huito   (1010 words)

  
  Huito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huito is a South American fruit growing in the jungle.
The ripened fruit of Huito is often eaten raw or made into jam.
Huito prefers alluvial soils, and grows very quickly (producing in 3 years), even in heavily flooded fields.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huito   (142 words)

  
 RCF: Genipa americana
Chopped huito fruit being prepared for a throat remedy.
Climbing a huito tree to reach palm fruits.
Huito prefers alluvial soils, and grows very quickly (producing in 3 years), even in heavily flooded fields.
www.rainforestconservation.org /data_sheets/agroforestry/Genipa_americana.html   (152 words)

  
 Explorers Club Photo Gallery
During a traditional Pelazon, all the girl's hair is pulled out by hand, strand by strand.
Next, her body is painted fl with a fl dye extracted from fruit of the huito tree, Genipa americana.
The girl illustrated in the above photos, is a member of a Ticuna "bird clan," hence the toucan hanging from her belt.
www.amazon-indians.org /explorers   (609 words)

  
 Untapped Resources in Plants — How Many are Out There?
In fact, at a 2003 cosmetics trade fair in Paris, huito was introduced as a fl colorant from the Peruvian company, Ecopro.
But while there may never be a double-blind, placebo, controlled trial conducted on huito, the fruit does have many therapeutic uses in the Peruvian Amazon.
The huito tree grows very quickly producing fruit within three years and will even grow in heavily flooded fields.
www.herbalgram.org /default.asp?c=hcnews293   (556 words)

  
 glas
As we boated back into the bay at Concha Huito I knew it was on.
That means I can do 8 hours at el Huito and still have time to pack my bags.
It was the last night at Concha Huita and all the boys wanted to go big, meaning boozing it up at the hotel bar.
www.theglas.com /zach_log.html   (946 words)

  
 Origins of the Shrunken Head   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It is said that the liquid the head is boiled in is from the juice of the huito plant.
Modern anthropologists do not know what the huito plant is, as the Jivaros keep it a secret.
After the boiling process, the head is put on top of a spear, which is stuck in the ground, to dry overnight.
members.cox.net /tkwon_2/heads/background.htm   (538 words)

  
 Project 2C
The "Wii" is the first basket a mother teaches her daughter to make as she comes of age.
It is woven with jungle reeds and decorated with Huito (fl) charcoal dyes.
The bark of the Mahagua trees is used as a strip that is warn for support on the forehead while the basket rests on the back.
dvanguilder.tripod.com /project2a/id2.html   (340 words)

  
 Body painting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Indigenous peoples of South America traditionally use annatto, huito, or wet charcoal to decorate their face and body.
Huito is semi-permanent and it generally takes weeks for this fl dye to fade.
Actors and clowns around the world have painted their faces and sometimes bodies for centuries, and continue to do so today.
www.cheguevara.co.za /wiki/Body_painting   (2024 words)

  
 Cruisin Classics: The Story of the Shrunken Heads
It is said that the liquid the head is boiled in is from the juice of the "huito" plant.
Modern anthropologists do not know what the huito plant is, as the Jivaros keep it a secret.
After the boiling process, the head is put on top of a spear, which is stuck in the ground, to dry overnight.
www.shrunkenheads.com /old/Shrunken_Heads_Story.htm   (618 words)

  
 Rock Climbing Photos: Stacey Gonzalez hanging on to the "Huito Arete" Problem (Photo: Juan Gonzal
Stacey Gonzalez hanging on to the "Huito Arete" Problem (Photo: Juan Gonzal
This problem is on the north facing side of the Huito Boulder on the trail to the Piedras Cuaches.
The start is an obvious match and goes into the slopers Stacey is on.
www.rockclimbing.com /photos/Bouldering/Stacey_Gonzalez_hanging_on_to_the_Huito_Arete_Problem_Photo_Juan_Gonzal_6335.html   (110 words)

  
 Retreats & Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This regimen is instrumental in opening the consciousness and creating an expanded state in order to "hold the medicine," as Jason says.
Don Agustin is a master ayahuascero, having learned this skill by apprenticing with other shaman in the ayahuasca tradition for most of his adult life.
The oje cleansing, the strict diet, the huito skin color, and the extraordinary environment of the rainforest, "the Garden of Eden," put us into a calm, open, powerfully receptive mental state for receiving the physical and psychic benefits of the ayahuasca experience.
www.starseedyoga.com /jjarticle.htm   (846 words)

  
 Pioneers in Med Lab Science
This was the first occasion on which it was proved that an infective disease was spread by animal vectors.
It had been known for some time that Huito's blood harboured filaria and, very courageously, he volunteered to sleep in a mosquito cage containing specimens of the mosquito Culex fatigans, the common mosquito of Amoy.
It is to be feared that Huito spent a far from peaceful night, but the experiment worked and in the morning Manson was able to collect several of the engorged female insects and keep them in captivity for some days.
www.hoslink.com /pioneers.htm   (12235 words)

  
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When you see a dark blue stripe in a woven mat or basket, most likely its huito.
I’ve seen Urarina people cover their babies with the huito juice then show off their gun-metal blue kids to the neighbors.
Medical and personal applications for huito abound from hair coloring to “swollen genitals.” Careful with the latter application, though, you may have to explain the blue tint.
www.biobio.com /Articles/craftplants.html   (2216 words)

  
 Why_Kids_Do_Not_Grow_Quickly
Kondiwo's son sat on one branch of the genipap tree, his daughter sat in another branch, and he was in another one, but his wife had stayed down on the ground because she was unable to climb since she was pregnant.
As punishment, the woman was changed into a "mara", a kind of termite that eats the wood of houses and whose stings are painful.
The night was very dark because of the dreadful rain but, for Kondiwo and his children, the genipap tree was as dry as a house.
www.users.qwest.net /~woodsidejoseph1/ama_peru_dir/ama_stories/kids_growth.html   (3343 words)

  
 Huito is a South American fruit growing in the jungle The...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Huito is a South American fruit growing in the jungle The...
The juice of the inmature fruit is clear, but induces a chemical reaction on the human skin resulting in a nice tattoo-like dark blue.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
www.biodatabase.de /Huito   (95 words)

  
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They are colored with natural dyes: yellow and rust from a ginger plant and fl from pressed green berries of the huito plant.
The huito liquid is clear when painted on and oxidizes and turns fl as it hits the air.
Smith said the Bora Indians, who waste nothing, are a good model for more developed societies.
www.fsu.edu /~fstime/FS-Times/Volume1/Issue4/Indian.html   (457 words)

  
 Explorers Club 2005 Expedition to Ticuna and Matis Indians
One feature that characterizes the ceremony is the use of the fl dye obtained from fruit of the huito tree (Genipa americana).
The entire body of the girl was painted fl with huito and the symbol of her clan, the huacamayo (macaw), was painted on her face, and interestingly girls are not permitted to intermarry within their own clan.
Formerly, they would actually pull out the hair out by hand, but currently the process is often less painful and scissors are sometimes used.
www.iquitosnews.com /explorers   (910 words)

  
 VitaSprings.com - Huito Lung Max Certified Organic, 1 fl oz, Amazon Therapeutic Labs
VitaSprings.com - Huito Lung Max Certified Organic, 1 fl oz, Amazon Therapeutic Labs
Huito Lung Max Certified Organic, 1 fl oz, Amazon Therapeutic Labs
Huito - (dried fruit) - Genipa americana (Rubiaceae)
www.vitasprings.com /huito-lung-max-certified-organic-1-oz-amazon-therapeutic.html   (213 words)

  
 Re: What is the Plant 'Huito'?
A web search for huito revealed that it is one of many common names applied to Genipa americana, which is a large tree native throughout tropical America from Mexico to Argentina.
According to the first website, "Modern anthropologists do not know what the huito plant is, as the Jivaros keep it a secret." The Jivaros are a tribe in Ecuador, also known as the Shaur, famous for shrinking heads.
If their shrunken head procedures are secret, that could explain why there is so little info about the plant(s) used for shrinking heads.
www.madsci.org /posts/archives/nov2001/1007065034.Bt.r.html   (286 words)

  
 The Rainforest in Iquitos - Extensions 15 Day Tour Peru - Lama Tours & Education, The Peru Specialist
Walk into the low jungle to look for animals (monkeys sloth, insects) in its own habitat.
Visit the lakes (Sapote, Corrientillo, Tipashiro Bufeo and Huito) where there are many kinds of typical Amazon fishes.
Sail by the Amazon river to walk into the high jungle.
www.theperuspecialist.com /english/extensioniquitos.html   (280 words)

  
 RESERVA AMAZONICA LODGE - TAMBOPATA - PERU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Smaller groups usually give visitors a greater chance of observing wild animals.
Oje Trail allows the visitor to appreciate the diversity of the Amazon rainforest palms and trees such as Oje (Ficus insipida), Catahua (Hura crepitans), Ceiba (Ceiba pentandra) and Huito (Genipa americana), specially used for body coloring.
The Oje Trail covers mainly riverside and seasonally flooded forests, is 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long -features well-marked shortcuts- and ranks as the most accessible of our trails.
www.inkaterra.com /ra/trail_systems.htm   (385 words)

  
 Iquitos 4, 5 & 6 day jungle programs - Rainforest Iquitos - Lama Tours & Education, The Peru Specialist
The rides could last 7 hours depending on the physical state of the passengers.
In the evening, depending how long was the trek, visit to the lakes (Sapote, Corriente, Tipashiro, Bufeo, Huito, etc).
Where we can find a great variety of ornamental fish, piranhas, sardines, etc.
www.theperuspecialist.com /english/rainforestiquitosmuyana.html   (1111 words)

  
 Reserva Natural Palmari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Water-ski.The skiing gear must be provided by the skiing visitor/guest and is only allowed at the open lakes and/or "Javarí" river during the high water season.
Through our Ticuna indigenous chief of guides you may design and obtain your own tatoo applied by means of natural pigments (Huito, Achiote, etc.), which will last between 8 and 15 days only on your skin.
Observation of the two species of river dolphins, Boto (Innia geoffrensis) and Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) from the lodge and/or reserve terrain.
www.palmari.org /?z=activities&PHPSESSID=57f17141e143c8a38a736dab8fa05217   (468 words)

  
 Huito Lung Max™ Certified Organic from AMAZON THERAPEUTIC LABORATORIES
Huito Lung Max™ Certified Organic AMAZON THERAPEUTIC LABORATORIES
The Huito Lung Max™ Certified Organic Vitamins or Herbs Should be taken as directed on the bottle.
VitaNet Is an Authorized Distributor of Huito Lung Max™ Certified Organic from AMAZON THERAPEUTIC LABORATORIES Products.
vitanetonline.com /description/UI0031/vitamins/Huito-Lung-Max--Certified-Organic   (116 words)

  
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Typically the Boras decorate their llanchama clothing with geometrical designs reminiscent of North American Indian art.
They use a dye from the huito plant, Genipa americana for their ink.
Of course, Boras, with an eye for business, will often draw contemporary jungle scenes—birds sunsets and the like on their llanchama pieces.
www.biobio.com /Articles/llanchama.html   (364 words)

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