UBAZAGASQUA

The seed, the flower, the fruit sprout.

Ubazagasqua is a collaboration between the Muysca Indigenous community of Suba in Bogotá, Colombia, and the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard University. This ongoing project aims to document the use of plant medicine among the Zaitas (medicine people) and community elders, exploring its connection to Indigenous revitalization and territorial sovereignty.

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Muysca Plant Medicine

Hozca

(Tobacco—Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana rustica).

FUHUZA

(Coca—Erythroxylum coca).

Tyhyquy

(Borrachero—Brugmansia genus)

Andrea Sánchez-Castañeda
Postdoctoral Fellow, Religion and Indigenous Plant Medicine Traditions of the Americas. Harvard University.

Nicolle Torres Sierra-Clan Niviayo
On-site co-investigador—Enlace territorial. Cabildo Indigena Muisca de Suba.