| German | German Ein Mann aus Santa Rosa de Sucumbios schlägt mehrere Paulinia-Ranken zum Herstellen von Yoko, einem Stimulansgetränk bei Erschöpfung und Schlafmangel. Er trägt das Bündel nach Hause, schabt die dünne Lianenrinde ab, wässert sie in einer Kalebassenschale und trinkt davon. |
| English | English Fidel Lucitante, one of the more important inhabitants of Santa Rosa de Sucumbios on Rio San Miguel, a tributary of the Alto Putumayo river in Colombia, needs a supply of yoko stimulant for a long trip down river. Yoko, a liana, is used as a stimulant especially against exhaustion and lack of sleep when the Cofán have a number of long days of hard work ahead of them. On all trips a supply of yoko is carried and it can be prepared during the trip itself. After a fair amount of searching in the forest Fidel locates the hanging vine of Paulinia, which is used for making yoko, and he takes a bundle of it home. Of this bundle, however, he uses only a few long sections. He scrapes the thin bark of the liana into a pile and later mixes the scrapings with water in a tree gourd. The yoko is thus brewed and Fidel tastes it. |
