Dinah Veeris, a herbal healer in her 80s, has lived through Curacaoans gaining universal suffrage in 1949, the island transitioning from Dutch colony to self-governed territory in 1954, and residents voting in a referendum to become a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010. The elder told me dushi has always been part of Curacaoan life for as long as she can remember.
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