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Among the Shuar living on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador are a number of shamans (spiritual healers). To cure a patient, the Shuar shaman drinks a hallucinogenic brew called natema in order to go into a trance and gain the assistance of spiritual helpers. In this example of a shaman’s curing song, the shaman first whistles to alert his spirit helpers. He then sings to them to help him while he “sucks out” the bewitcher from his patient’s body.
"Shaman Curing" from Music of the Jivaro of Ecuador (Cat.# Folkways FE 4386) (p)1973 Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings. All rights reserved.
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