COLOMBIA, Indigenous Tribes, Kogi, Chendukua. A group of Kogi men outside a grass-thatched village home on S.side of Sierra. Drunk on aguadiente/distilled sugarcane liquor -sold to Indians by Colombian campesinos/peasants Hand-woven white cotton and darker fique/cactus-fibre mochilas/bags around necks. Two carrying lime gourds and sticks to transfer powdered lime into wads of coca-leaves in their mouths - lime acts as catalyst to release very small amount of cocaine alkaloid.
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COLOMBIA, Indigenous Tribes, Kogi, Chendukua. A group of Kogi men outside a grass-thatched village home on S.side of Sierra. Drunk on aguadiente/distilled sugarcane liquor -sold to Indians by Colombian campesinos/peasants Hand-woven white cotton and darker fique/cactus-fibre mochilas/bags around necks. Two carrying lime gourds and sticks to transfer powdered lime into wads of coca-leaves in their mouths - lime acts as catalyst to release very small amount of cocaine alkaloid.

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