‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees

Mongabay
Jan 2, 2026, 8:42 pm624 ptsHotTop
In Indigenous Asháninka belief, bees were once spirits in human form. Stories tell of a woman who enjoyed making masato, a traditional Amazonian fermented beverage. Every day, she would boil and mash the yuca, patiently fermenting it and offering the drink to whoever stopped by. Whole families would go and sit…

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