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Cuy Diagnostic Ceremony at Kuélap

Heinz Plenge2024-02-25

USI Università della Svizzera italiana

USI Università della Svizzera italiana
Lugano, Switzerland

The profoundly concentrated gesture of the Maestro Curandero Jeronimo Bardales of Kuélap (Peru) reveals the deep connection, spiritually necessary to give life to a diagnostic ceremony in which the Peruvian domesticated guinea pig, cuy, is used to identify any pathologic condition of a patient. This practice has proven so effective that even scientific communities and academic studies recognize its value.

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  • Title: Cuy Diagnostic Ceremony at Kuélap
  • Creator: Heinz Plenge
  • Date Created: 2024-02-25
  • Location Created: Kuélap, Chachapoyas Site of the Utcubamba Valley, Peru
  • Physical Dimensions: 8256 x 5504
  • Type: Photograph
  • Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
  • External Link: Wikipedia, Worl Monuments Fund, Peru Travel, Kuelap Fortress: The Complete Visitor’s Guide
  • Medium: Camera Nikon Z 9, Lens Nikkor Z 24 – 200 mm, f/14, 1/250s ISO-200
  • Art Genre: Documentary photography
  • Art Form: Photograph
  • Support: Camera Nikon Z 9
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