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"Visions of the Amazon" - Clever (Ecuador)
1. VISIONS OF THE AMAZON
A Kichwa Shamanic Tradition in Ecuador
with
Ecuadorian Shaman - Clever Grefa Licuy
2. Good Morning - “Alli Punjha”
Welcome! -
“Alli Shamuskanguichi”
My name is….
- Nuka shuti kan…..
How are you? - Imas naraguichi
Kankuna?
We are well
- Alli mikanchi
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The Amazon Rainforest
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Largest rainforest in the world.
1 of 4 medicines in pharmacies
today comes from the rainforest.
30% of biodiversity (40,000
plant species) in Ecuadorian
Amazon.
Home to 10,000 indigenous
people (used to be around 10
million)
• Cofanes, Siona, Secoya,
Huaorani, Shuar, Achuar,
Kichwa
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The Kichwa
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Population of around 2.5
million, living in Bolivia,
Peru and Ecuador
Originally nomadic
Conquered by the Inca
empire then Spanish
conquistadors.
Skilled river navigators and
cultivators (fishing/hunting)
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Clever Grefa Licuy
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5th generation Kichwa
shaman, trained by father
since childhood.
Come from the Kichwa
community of Rio Blanco.
A trained, certified
rainforest guide and
representative of the
Kichwa culture.
Director of Tourism Ruku
Samay family’s eco-lodge
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The Kichwa- Shaman Tradition
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Animist tradition
Pachamama = Mother
Nature
Sumak Kausay - Living in
harmony with all of life.
Shaman (Yachak) keeper
of the knowledge/customs
passed down from
generation to generation
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Shamanic Visions
The yachak visits other worlds
to gather healing energies
• Upper world = Awa pacha
• Middle world = Pachamama
• Underworld = Uray pacha
• Acts as medium
transferring these energies
to the person being healed.
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The Kichwa Shamanic Tradition
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Yachaks (shamans)
have the ability to
shape shift into sacred
animals.
• Jaguar
• Anaconda
• Condor
• Hummingbird
Plants are sacred
medicine: Tobacco,
Ginger, Wayusa, Palo
Santo
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Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest
2n large cause of
Global Warming
Loss of indigenous
people’s home
and culture
20% ALREADY DESTROYED
Loss of
shamanic
knowledge and
medicine
MAY BE GONE IN 20 YEARS
16. Ruku Samay – The wisdom of the ancestors
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Started the shamanic ecolodge in 1990’s.
Receive guests from
around the world.
Mission to preserve our
culture/way of life by
teaching people about our
ancestral wisdom and to
live in harmony with all
manifestations of life –
Sumak Kausay!
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17. ACTIVITY
Pacha Mama Earth Ceremony Chant
Pacha Mama
Awa Pacha
Uray Pacha
Hey Hey Hey
Rye Rye Rye
Ree Ree Ree
20. Ruku Samay Mission:
• Preserves the rainforest and culture of its
people through sustainable ecotourism.
• Fosters sharing of shamanic knowledge via
retreats, healings, & apprenticeships to
people across the world.
• Offers anthropological and scientific study in
ethno-botany.
• Engages in reforestation and sustainable
agriculture.
• Working to establish a foundation to support
health, cultural preservation and education
benefiting local indigenous families.
Notas del editor
Ecuador is a small country in S. America with seashore on the Pacific Ocean and with the Andes dividing the country from north to south. Ecuador is generally comprised of 4 Regions: CoastHighlandsGalapago IslandsAmazoniaThe Ecuadorian Amazon basin is around 40% of Ecuador.
Ecuador is generally comprised of 4 Regions: CoastHighlandsGalapago IslandsAmazoniaThe Ecuadorian Amazon basin is around 40% of Ecuador.
30% of the world’s wildlife and plants live in the Amazon. One out of every four medicines in pharmacies today comes from the rainforest. Only about 1% of the plants have been officially studied.
The Kichwa are skillful navigators and cultivators living near the riverbanks where they practice cultivation, fishing and hunting.
Typical Kichwa food includes yucca, plantains, fruits, meat from jungle animals, fish smoked in leaves, palm leaves, roots, flowers .
A highly trained rainforest guide certified by the Ecuadorian ministry of Tourism Expert in medicinal plants and has taught plant medicine in various communities and institutions across Ecuador.Director of Tourism and founding member of RukuSamayhis family’s eco-lodge & shamanic retreat center in the Amazon.
When missionaries came 85 years ago, and with the oil and lumber companies in the last 50 years, there has been a systematic pursuit and destruction of the ancient forest that was their home.The single biggest challenge affecting the rainforest Kichwa today is the encroachment on their land by oil, lumber, and mining companies, and socio-cultural disintegration.