The Medicine of Forgiveness (2001)

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.

Release Date : January 1, 2001

Runtime : 22m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Soqta Estudio, Hidrógeno Producciones

Countries : Peru

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