The Medicine of Forgiveness

The Medicine of Forgiveness

2001
22m
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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: ES

Production Information

Production Companies
Soqta Estudio Hidrógeno Producciones
Production Countries
Peru
Spoken Languages
Spanish

Keywords

peru tourist amazon rainforest ayahuasca shaman ceremony indigenous community traditional medicine healer indigenous peoples

Quick Facts

Original Title La medicina del perdón
Release Date January 1, 2001
Status Released
Language ES

Cast

Benito Arévalo
Benito Arévalo

Himself

Key Crew

Delia Ackerman
Director
Alonso del Río
Director
Delia Ackerman
Producer
Carlos Paz Bordone
Producer
Alonso del Río
Producer