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  • Morocco, Marrakesh. Spices and medicine store in the medina.
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  • Riau Islands, Bintan. Local medicin practitioner in Tanjung Pinang.
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Samosir. Ambarita stone chairs. A prisoner with a death penalty were led to these stones were the medicine man drove out evil spirits with his staff. After the body was beheaded the King drank some of the blood to receive magical powers, while the meat was mixed with other kinds of meat and eaten by the people. The bones were thrown in the lake, where swimming and fishing was forbidden for a week.
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  • Bali, Gianyar, Tirtha Empul. This is a bitter fruit, in English called bael fruit. The Indonesians call it maja pahit, which literally means bitter fruit. It is sometimes used as medicine. Inside Tirtha Empul temple.
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  • Indonesia, Sulawesi, Sawangan. A collection of stone sarcophagi, called waruga.The oldest may date back as far as 900AD. The Waruga consist of two distinct parts; the square or rectangular base, and a rooflike lid with carved scenes depicting the life, and sometimes death of the occupant. This one was made for a medicine man.
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Samosir. The famous stone chairs in Ambarita. Criminals were also tried here, and on numerous occasions got a death penalty. Both the King and the medicine man was then present, the people gathered in the background.
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Bukit Lawang. Gunung Leuser National Park. The bark from this tree contains quinine and can be boiled in water to use as medicin against malaria.
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