PractitionerIquitos · Loreto · Peru

Maestro Ricardo
Amaringo

Founder of Nihue Rao Centro Espiritual; Shipibo curandero working in the dietary tradition of the Pinedo and Mahua families.

ShipiboIndigenous-ledBy referralShipibo · Spanish

About this practitioner

Ricardo Amaringo is one of the most documented contemporary Shipibo curanderos, founder of Nihue Rao Centro Espiritual near Iquitos. His work has been profiled in academic and journalistic accounts of contemporary Shipibo healing practice. He receives participants through Nihue Rao's program.

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