One World, Many Voices

Walter Alvarez Quispe, a Kallawaya medical practitioner from Bolivia, performs a ritual fire ceremony.

Max Chura Mamani, a Kallawaya medicinal expert from Bolivia, shares his traditional knowledge with Festival visitors.

Walter Alvarez Quispe, a Kallawaya medical practitioner, dances with a visitor to the music of Los Masis, a Quechuan music group from Sucre, Bolivia, during one of the evening concerts.

Kallawaya ritual practitioners Yola Martina Quispe de López, Lola Palluca Nina de Quispe, and Walter Alvarez Quispe perform a ritual for Festival visitors, accompanied by presenter Blenda Femenias (back).

Kallawaya weaver and ritualist Yola Martina Quispe de López fans smoke during a blessing ceremony.

Kallawaya weaver and ritualist Lola Palluca Nina de Quispe offers a visitor blessed wine during a ritual ceremony.

Kallawaya medicinal practitioner Lucio Cuba Quispe adds a small nest of alpaca wool and carnation petals to the ceremonial fire in a ritual blessing for women.

Max Chura Mamani, a Kallawaya medicine expert from Bolivia, involves visitors in a ritual blessing ceremony.

Medicinal practitioner Fernando Huanca Mamani raises an offering during a Kallawaya blessing ceremony.

Kallawaya weaver and ritualist Lola Palluca Nina de Quispe participates in a panel discussion about the role of ceremonies and celebrations in Kallawaya culture.

Walter Alvarez Quispe, a Kallawayan medicinal practitioner, demonstrates a Kallawaya ritual.

Medicinal practitioner Max Chura Mamani leads a Kallawaya blessing ceremony for Siletz participants Cheryl Lane, Halli Chaabayu Lane-Skouge, Alissa Lane, and Bud Lane (back).

One World, Many Voices curator Marjorie Hunt, Kallawaya weaver and ritualist Lola Palluca Nina de Quispe, and Siletz dancer and regalia maker Alissa Lane dance in the Kallawaya participant area.

Yola Martina Quispe de López and Lola Palluca Nina de Quispe, Kallawaya ritualists and weavers, work on traditional looms.

Lola Palluca Nina de Quispe weaves a traditional piece.

Lucio Cuba Quispe adds carnation petals to nests of alpaca wool, which will be used as offerings in a ritual blessing ceremony for women.

Kallawaya participant Yola Martina Quispe de López takes a break from weaving to pose for a picture.

Kallawaya weaver and ritualist Lola Palluca Nina de Quispe dances with a visitor to the music of Los Masis, a Quechua musical group from Bolivia.

Kallawaya participants Lucio Cuba Quispe, Lola Palluca Nina de Quispe, Walter Alvarez Quispe, Max Chura Mamani, Fernando Huanca Mamani, and Yola Martina Quispe de López discuss ceremonies with presenter Blenda Femenias in the Song and Story Circle.

Bolivian currency and trinkets are put on display in the Kallawaya demonstration tent.