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PAPANTLA, Veracruz, México — Juan Gerónimo Simbrón, a traditional healer, walks through the tropical forest surrounding his house until he reaches a 100-year-old fig tree. Among the roots, he sets up a carpet of palm leaves with tobacco fragments as an offering. Here, he begins a prayer…
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PAPANTLA, Veracruz, México — Juan Gerónimo Simbrón, a traditional healer, walks through the tropical forest surrounding his house until he reaches a 100-year-old fig tree. Among the roots, he sets up a carpet of palm leaves with tobacco fragments as an offering. Here, he begins a prayer…
