Tale of the South American Acai Fruit
For centuries, the Amazon rain forest has been believed to have a plethora of medicines within plants and herbs that could cure most ailments known today.
This story has always been thought of as a myth until now! Deep within the Amazon rain wilderness lies a berry that has been an Amazonian treasure for hundreds of years. The Acai fruit sheds many answers to the myths of old.
The Acai fruit (pronounced Ah-sigh-ee) has been cultivated by the indigenous people of the Amazon rain forest for centuries. It has proven to be a panacea for everything from the common cold to diabetes. New scientific discoveries even link this tiny berry to curing cancer.
The legend of the acai fruit has been spoken of for centuries amongst the indeginous people of the Amazon. Once upon a time there was a prosperous tribe that faced certain death due to an intense famine that had swept the region. Desperate for a solution, the tribal leader made a decree that all firstborn children were to be sacrificed.
Unbeknown at the time to Itaki, declaration would even infiltrate his own family. He discovered that his own daughter, Laca, was about to give birth, so she to would have to sacrifice her firstborn child.
The starvation and thirst caused the tribal leaders daughter to imagine that she saw her child outside. with haste, she ran out side toward a palm tree that she imagined her child to be at
The next morning, the tribe descended to this palm tree and discovered the dead body of the tribal chiefs daughter. As they looked up at the palm tree, they noticed clumps of blue berries, which later became known as acai berries.
This single berry not only saved the tribe from hunger, but was instrumental in this tribe’s economic growth. The people of Belem — the state in Brazil where the Acai fruit is harvested — are said to be the descendants of this same tribe.
To this day the acai fruit has proven mighty as it is the export that has kept this tiny tribe afloat since its discovery
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