This hapé is often used and made by the Katukina people. This medicine has great power of awakening and liberation. This medicine is usually used in ceremonies by the healers and shamans, more precisely in ayahuasca ceremonies. Vashawá means the Serpent in Katukinas language, and the serpent is the most sacred animal for them. For the serpent is the guardian of the ayahuasca secrets and magic. The sacred serpent comes to us when we take ayahuasca and it takes us to higher astral planes, for us to enter in contact with our inner and higher selves, to receive guidance and support from these great spirits we meet in the medicine process. The serpent is a spirit guide, she possesses an innate knowledge of survivor and growth and protection. When we receive the vashawá hapé, we may feel the medicine power(spiritual energy of the native people and forest) giving us good and useful advice or suggestions. This medicine is very strong, as the Katukinas are used to it. This medicine is great for healing self-esteem and depression because it helps us center ourselves in our present moment, and observe with more details and attention, who are we and what are we doing with our lives. In this process, we understand how to be ourselves more and we understand how let go of our lower self-judgement. That is why this medicine is good for liberation and awakening.