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Mantay Kunay Kayadididi: A lyrical Analysis of the Icaros of a Peruvian Curandera.


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Abstract

In this paper, a close analysis of the music of one Peruvvian curandera (healer) sheds some light on issues in ethnomedicine, Amazonian history and the nature of shamanic practice. Here I focus on a selection of the icaros of one curandera from northern Peru. She is well known for her work leading ceremonies for a primarily non-indigenous audience throughout the Americas.