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Lorena De la Torre Parra

Centre for Indigenous Psychologies, School of Psychology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa / Massey University, Aotearoa, New Zealand. Electronic address: l.delatorreparra@massey.ac.nz.

1 paper in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2024

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Ancestral healing rituals and the significance of Taky Samy in andean spirituality.

Explore (New York, N.Y.) January 1, 2024 Shairy Quimbo, Lorena De la Torre Parra 1 citation

Taky Samy is an ancestral Andean healing practice that addresses physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and auric bodies. It connects practitioners with plants, animals, birds, and Mother Earth through instruments made from ceramic, bamboo, deer, and condor feathers and bones, guided by prayer, mantras, and songs that invoke the Great Ordering Spirit Pachakamak and the Great Mystery Tunupa Tixi Wirakocha. The practice aligns with the cycles of Mother Earth, reflected in crop cultivation and rituals like solar dances accompanied by corn chicha.