Icaros are medicinal healing songs performed during the plant medicine ceremonies in Shipibo tradition.They are at the very core of the Shipibo curanderismo (healing tradition).
In this short film, the Shipibo language expert Macarena Arias is telling about this medical jargon of Shipibo people as a tool for healing. And how the Shipibo language by itself is a doorway to understand Shipibo culture.
Animation on this video by @TASVisuals
