The Voice of Mapacho: Shipibo Community Gathering with Onanya Maestra Lila

Shipibo Community Gathering with Onanya Maestra Lila Lopez Sanchez

THE VOICE OF MAPACHO

• Tobacco Wisdom Teaching Circle
• Community Q&A
• Mapacho Soplar Ritual
• Ancestral Shipibo Craft Market
• Musical Offerings by Winter + Mariana

We invite you to join us for an evening of Traditional Shipibo Ritual. We will gather in community to learn about the powerful Master Plant of 'Rome' Mapacho Tobacco from the Amazon Basin of Peru and it's healing qualities for Purification and Prayer through the Shipibo Cosmovision.

Participants are invited to receive a personal Tobacco Soplar from Shipibo Onanya Maestra Lila Lopez Sanchez, and be guided to work with Mapacho with reverence as an ally and instrument for times of transition and transformation.

Our current timeline is asking of our Spiritual focus and fortitude - through the teachings of Tobacco and the Plants, we will be guided to navigate the Season of Spring with fertile faith, strength and harmony.

Q+A with Maestra Lila will be offered. Ancestral Shipibo Craft Market will conclude our gathering.

This event is hosted by , and , in support of the current initiatives of Ancestral Shipibo Dieta & Cultural Center,

ONANYA MAESTRA LILA

Lila Lopez Sanchez is an Indigenous Shipibo Onanya Maestra from the native community of Roaboya in the Ucayali basin of the Amazon of Peru.

Maestra Lila ‘Caná Jisbe’ in Shipibo, was born into a family lineage of Traditional Healers, including her mother, highly respected and renowned Onanya Maestra Ynes Sanchez.

From a young age, Maestra Lila was initiated into the study of the Plants and Ancestral Healing System through various rigorous Dietas under the guidance of her grandfather, Maestro Jose.

Lila is a living library of knowledge and wisdom from the ‘Warmi’ Plants, and is known for her strong and striking voice through her Icaros, sacred chants filled with love and joy. Lila’s vivacious and grounded energy is infectious, as she imbues an open heart led way to live.

Lila is a Mother of 2 children and a Traditional Midwife, specializing in Female Reproductive Health, Womb Massage and Bone setting.

MUSICAL OFFERINGS

Winter Jendayi

Winter is a singer, songwriter and musician whose path and work is rooted in earth-based healing arts. For over a decade she has been a devoted student within various Indigenous traditions, as well as, relearning and reconnecting with her own ancestral ways. Throughout these many years, she has traveled extensively and worked as an organizer/facilitator for her communities and teachers, weaving worlds for cultural exchange and prayer pathways.

Much of Winter’s relationship with music has been in direct correlation with the spiritual and cultural path she walks and the healing she’s experienced within it. Her debut album, Hilos Sagrados, was released in Sept. 2022 and is a weaving of 11 original songs which capture the many stories of her journey. Winter’s music can be found on Bandcamp as well as all streaming platforms.

Mariana Mae

Guided by the Ancestral Spirit of Tenochtitlan, Mariana expresses her Voice as an offering to the Plants, the Seeds, the Waters, the Winds and the Forces of Creation of the Lands she has remembered her walk upon throughout her last decade of study and devotion with the diverse Indigenous Traditions of Abya Yala. As a multidisciplinary artist, Mariana is currently dedicated to realizing a longtime vision of recording the Songs that stream through her as an instrument of Remembrance. Each song is a prayer, translating the frequencies of her Master Plant Dietas. Each song is a sanctuary, to be welcomed into to reclaim one’s Medicine, to fortify one’s Faith and to Praise the Resplendence of Life upon our Mother Earth. Her debut album, “Yolteotl” launching May 2025, illustrates a melodic story where each original song invites you to reunite with the Living Spirits of the Plants and the Harmonious Imprint of one’s Sacred Heart.

SOPLAR RITUAL

For those who would like to receive a personal Tobacco Soplar, please be sure to sign up, as spots are limited to 20 participants. Soplar is an additional $15, please bring this in cash to the event.
Soplar Sign Up: www.tierraviviente.org/shipibogathering

**PLEASE NOTE: You must first register through eventbrite before booking your soplar. If you book your soplar without purchasing a ticket, your space will not be reserved. Irake!

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