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Heather Greer, Delia Ackerman

Herlinda Augustin

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?

La medicina del perdón

Alonso del Río, Delia Ackerman

Benito Arévalo

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.

Hatun Phaqcha, Tierra Sana

Delia Ackerman

“Hatun Phaqcha, The Healing Land” highlights the nutritional potential of Peruvian native foods, the importance of its cultural heritage and the need to ensure its survival.