It is with great joy that we will welcome the Wanî Saí Keneya Delegation from the Noke Koî people, coming directly from the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Acre, Brazil — Wanînawa Village — to share with the spiritual brotherhood a glimpse of the Noke Koî culture and the sacred forest medicines: uni (ayahuasca), rome potō (rapé), and kambô.
Shapo Wanînawa, son of the former pajé and Chief Ni’i Wanînawa, has been deepening his studies in traditional forest medicines and is also a researcher of the romeyas (spiritual leaders) of his people, Romeya Poko Wanînawa and Romeya Tero Wanînawa.
Shapo is a young spiritual leader of his village (Wanînawa), a musician of the forest, a student of sacred medicines, and a composer of Noke Koî sacred chants. He carries his healing knowledge through songs, offering ceremonies across Brazil and abroad, while presenting and honoring his culture.
Carla Kana Yawashahu has studied spirituality and forest medicines from a young age. She walks, sings, and prays alongside Shapo Wanînawa, her partner, learning the Noke Koî culture and traditional chants through voice and guitar.
She brings the feminine force, bringing healing, magic, and emotional and spiritual depth.
The Noke Koî people perform profoundly healing works with forest medicines and carry in their ancestry the energy of deep healing, magic, joy, and the powerful strength of the forest.
