Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient tradition despite Western encroachment?
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...
Sandekala is like a slender man who turns into wewe gombel. "Kasareupnakeun" is proof that child sacrifice is real. According to experts, the slender man is a very famous child kidnapper ghost in Germany. This MV does not describe a slender man, but Wewe Gombel's subordinates who are ready to face...
This documentary examines ayahuasca shamanism near Iquitos (a metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon), and the tourism it has attracted. The filmmakers talk with two ayahuasqueros, Percy Garcia and Ron Wheelock, as well as ayuahuasca tourists and local people connected with the ayahuasca industry.
Tuvan Shaman need to transfer his knowledge to the student and become a "white" shaman. Maybe it's just the game or maybe it's an unknown reality hidden from us. Who knows?
