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Shipibo: Learning Through the Light

Aug 14, 2018 | IMDB 0

47 min Watch Now

Documentary

Shipibo healer Ricardo Amaringo describes how he prepares, teaches, and shares the plant medicine ayahuasca. Olivia and Julian Arévalo sing examples of icaros (healing songs) in the Shipibo language.

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Ricardo Amaringo, Olivia Arévalo, Julian Arévalo

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