Case file · Sacred site
Barquinha founded in Rio Branco
In 1945 Daniel Pereira de Mattos, a former sailor who had worked with Mestre Irineu, founded Barquinha in Rio Branco, an ayahuasca religion organised around the image of a little boat on a spiritual sea.
1945 CE · -9.98, -67.80 · status: official
The account
Barquinha mixes Christian, Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous elements, with mediumship and charity work.
Connections in the atlas
- Mestre Gabriel founds the União do Vegetal
- Céu do Mapiá founded in the forest
- Mestre Irineu founds Santo Daime