Thu, 09 Nov
|Manchester
Hapé Circle with Kawá Huni Kuin
We are so excited to welcome Kawá Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá) to Manchester @ the Active Wellness Centre and invite you to a magical evening to connect to Huni Kuin culture and spirituality, a chance to open our hearts with hapé and sacred chants of the Amazon rainforest!
Time & Location
09 Nov 2023, 19:00 – 10 Nov 2023, 21:30
Manchester, Lever St, Manchester M1 1FL, UK
About the event
The Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá) are an ethnic group based in the lowland Amazon in the state of Acre, Brazil. They speak their own language called Hantxa Kuin and have a longstanding tradition of working with medicines of the rainforest. The Huni Kuin songs are ancient prayers invoking the forces of spirits of the forest and the sacred medicines, bringing physical, emotional and spiritual healing. Singing and listening to these ancient prayers lifts our frequency and manifests healing, transformation and joy.
In 2018 Kawá was the youngest Huni Kuin to leave his village in the forest to go to Europe. He arrived in Manchester together with his friend and anthropologist Verónica Castro with an intention to learn about life outside of the forest, how the “white people” live and to learn the English language in order to be able to represent his community to the English speaking world.
He attended a…