She lies on the floor, as if dead, for along time. At this signal, young naked men, fearfully painted, gallop bareback on their horses around the ruka, filling the air with their yells. They carry torches, which they wave over their heads, as well as spears, used to scare off the evil sprits which lie waiting to harm the sick person…When the machi recovers, she declares the nature of the sickness and proceeds to the administration of remedies. At the same time, she manipulates the sick part of the body, until extracting the evil that causes the sickness, which is exhibited with open demonstrations of triumph. The sickness generally assumes the form of a spider, a frog, or another creature that the machi had hidden.".