Meaning of machi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A traditional healer and religious leader in the Mapuche culture of Chile and Argentina.
2. A surname.

Examples

“Many Mapuche women in La Pintana often went without health care because they did not trust⟳ conventional Western medicine or feared discrimination in public health clinics, and traveling hundreds of miles to see⟳ a machi in their communities of origin was impractical.”

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