uwishín

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Shuar

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Noun

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uwishín

  1. a member of a Shuar tribal society who performs the role of a medical doctor and acts as a medium between the physical world and the spiritual world; shaman

References

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  • Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano