The history of story of yerba mate has even inspired cartoons , like the one below uploaded to YouTube : Today , it would be unimaginable to ban mate in Argentina , though that is precisely what happened in the 17th century , when sipping mate was considered an " abhorrent habit , " and a " dangerous contagion among indigenous people " :
Jichhaxa , Argentina markan ch ’ amaspaw mati umañ jark ’ añaxa , siglo XVII kunjamakänti ukhama , mati umañax " sarnaqäwir jichhuntañanwa " “ sarnaqäw axtaña ” , intijinanak mä “ yanqhachäw katkatasirikasp ukham uñjatänwa :