Shanay Timpishka - The Boiling River

HIDDEN IN THE DENSE JUNGLE of the Peruvian Amazon is a steaming, churning river 9 km long and 25 meters wide: The Boiling River. The steaming turquoise waters, which can reach nearly 100°C, are led by ivory-colored stones and guarded by 60-meter-high walls of lush forest and vegetation. The locals believed that the river was sacred and that the hot water had healing powers. Shamans processed the water into medicines. The river has been associated with folklore, mysticism and spirituality for generations. Her original name is Shanay Timpishka. The river is located in the Mayantuyacu Shrine, part of the Huánuco area. The area is inhabited by an Asháninka community led by Maestro Juan Flores. Local shamans believe that the source of the boiling water is the Yacumama, a giant serpent spirit known as the 'Mother of the Waters'. For them, this area is a connecting point for people with the spiritual and natural worlds.

Year after year we return to the Boiling River. Every time we return home, a deep loss overtakes us, a longing to return, ... to her. Every day we spend hours by the steaming river, bathed in its vapors. Fall asleep every night with the swirling percussion next to our sleeping place. Seeing, hearing, feeling, drinking and bathing the water,...  Anchoring the spirit in our body.

This time we were whispered to take the spirit of the water home, but how? A bottle of water is ready in no time. During the recordings that I made of the ceremonial nights with Maestro Flores Icaro chants, I always noticed that the river next to the Maloka was so overwhelmingly present. How could I bring out the chants better. And then it became clear. SHE wanted to make her heard to the world. We set to work to capture the river in all its splendor. Her strength at the 6 meter high waterfall, swirling and steaming, but also her softness in the form of rippling streams between the rocks, overrun by dragonflies and butterflies. The morning songs of the many birds by the river as well as the crickets, bats and many spirits during the night were recorded. These recordings are all made from the Mayantuyacu center. This place is a home for very powerful spirits and therefore these recordings are definitely a special communication with the spirits.

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