Fungi Foundation

The Mazatec people shared their knowledge of the use of psilocybin with the world. The psychedelic space owes everything to their generosity and altruism. Historias y Memorias Mazatecas is a project born from the dedication of a Mazatec family to preserve and celebrate their traditions and cultural heritage and it needs our support now. It's time for us to give back. An indigenous reciprocity project to preserve the cultural heritage of the Mazatec people Due to urbanization, colonialism and globalization, indigenous cultures are at serious risk of disappearing. Now more than ever, there's a pressing need to preserve this knowledge and create space to celebrate it. "Historias y Memorias Mazatecas" (HMM) was conceived as a means to address this need. HMM is an ethnographic project that aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the Mazatec people. Watch on YouTube . Historias y Memorias Mazatecas Archive This project contains one of the most comprehensive collections of Mazatec records, textiles, historical artifacts, video and sound recordings gathered by a member of their community.  Among these items are hundreds of unpublished documents, footage and photographs of dozens of Maztec healers including never-before-seen videos of the life of the renowned curandera, chojn chijné  (woman of knowledge) María Sabina. ‍ With your contribution, you will help cover the costs of restoration of the HMM collection. These activities include: ‍ Digitization of videographic and bibliographic materials Restoration of textiles, photographs, videotapes and archeological artifacts Museum's collection maintenance training Catalogue building Translation of documents More information