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- Date: Apr 18 2025 - Apr 25 2025
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Uni Retreat Nixiwaka, Putanny & Sacred Village Familly
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April 18th - Friday
- Morning gathering in Rio de Janeiro and 2-hour road trip to the mountains of Itaipava – Akasha Retreat Center.
- Evening purification – sweat lodge in the Lakota tradition.
April 19th - Saturday
- Morning introductions and integration circle.
- Evening Traditional Yawanawa Uni Ceremony, chants, dances, and prayers. Medicines of Uni (ayahuasca), Rapé (tobacco snuff), and Sananga (eye drops).
April 20th -Sunday
- Cultural/spiritual activities in the afternoon.
April 23st - Monday
- Cultural/spiritual activities in the morning.
- Evening Traditional Yawanawa Uni Ceremony, chants, dances, and prayers. Medicines of Uni (ayahuasca), Rapé (tobacco snuff), and Sananga (eye drops).
April 22nd - Tueday
- Cultural/spiritual activities in the afternoon.
April 23rd - Wednesday
• Cultural/spiritual activities in the morning
• Evening Traditional Yawanawa Uni Ceremony, chants, dances and prayers. Medicines of Uni (ayahuasca), Hapé (tobacco snuff) and Sananga (eye drops).
April 24th - Thursday
- Afternoon integration circle.
- Evening Drum Circle and Songs of the Lakota Tradition.
April 25th - Friday
- Afternoon 2-hour road trip to Rio de Janeiro and Galeão International Airport.
* Please note the program is subject to changes.
In addition to the ceremonies the retreat will also include:
Spiritual teachings, traditional activities, hapé (tobacco snuff,
storytelling circles, face and body paintings, herbal sauna,
daily breakfast, lunch and dinner.
INDIGENOUS CHIEF
BIRACI BRASIL NIXIWAKA
Biraci Nixiwaka is one of the most relevant indigenous leaders of our time. He has dedicated his life to reclaiming his people’s ancient culture and spirituality. After reconquering the rights over their ancestral territory, Nixiwaka, alongside his family, led the opening of their culture to the outside world. It’s main element is the Yawa Festival, which is held annually since 2002 in the village of Nova Esperança (“New Hope”). In the past years he has spent most of his time in the Sacred Village, dedicated to spirituality and healing, receiving teachings from the elders, in order to carry on the Yawanawa legacy. In his few journeys out of his village to represent his people, he’s also visited other spiritual leaders around the world and has partaken in the sharing of many cultural traditions.
PUTANNY YAWANAWA
Daughter of the legendary Yawanawa leader Tuin Kuru, Putanny and her sister Hushahu were the first women of the Yawanawa nation to receive the highest spiritual initiation from the elders. They earned their communities’ respect as spiritual leaders, opening the way into this sacred path for other Yawanawá women. It was a break in tradition that united the male and female universe, and brought the magic of feminine spirituality to strengthen the Yawanawá culture. For this achievement, they received a commendation from the Brazilian senate as recognition of their important role in Brazilian women’s empowerment.
Putanny has an incredible voice and presence, representing her people’s ancestry. She spent a good portion of the past years in the Sacred Village, where she organizes spiritual retreats.