“South America; I am looking for a good place to take an "Ayahuasca" healing experience with a real shaman, not in a "tourist" group or place. It is also legal to use in the US”
“Is there some interesting, indigenous folk art/crafts(fun, funny,colorful) in Caruaru, or elsewhere in your travels in Brazil(best folk art markets)?”
Caruaru is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. Caruaru and Recife are the biggest and most important cities in Pernambuco's countryside. As of 2000, Caruaru had a population of 253,634. The city is famous, among other things, for Mestre Virgulino Lampião's clay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruaru