The Medicine of Forgiveness

Jan 01, 2001 22m

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Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya tradition, and how he came to drink the plant medicine ayahuasca under his father's tutelage. Arévalo leads an ayahuasca ceremony for Westerners, and shares with us something of his understanding of the plants and the onaya tradition.

Title	The Medicine of Forgiveness
Companies	Soqta Estudio, Hidrógeno Producciones
Countries	Peru
Keywords	peru, tourist, amazon rainforest, ayahuasca, shaman, ceremony, indigenous community, traditional medicine, healer, indigenous peoples