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Along the way, a variety of techniques and plant rituals are performed, most notably the <em>dieta</em>, or diet.</p> <p class="text1">Kestembetsa is a curandero descended from generations of healers. In 1972, at the age of 24, he voluntarily entered the field of traditional medicine. In 1980, after gaining much experience, knowledge and expertise, he was initiated into the shamanic practices of his own culture, that of the Shipibo-Konibo.</p> <p class="text1">In 1982, he founded the Application of Traditional Medicines Project (AMETRA) in Pucallpa. In 1985, after collecting sufficient data, he began attending conferences on indigenous healing techniques, serving as an exponent of and consultant for Amazonian medicines. By 1992, he was being recognized as a master-level healer.</p> <p class="text1">Since then, he has dedicated himself to the area of plant therapy, both in his native land as well as throughout the Americas and Europe. He has participated in the creation of various documentaries about the Shipibo people and curanderismo, including Jan Kounen's 2003 feature film entitled “<strong>Renegade</strong>” and the documentary by Kounan, "<strong>Other Worlds</strong>."</p> <p class="text1">In 2004, Kestembetsa established Espíritu de Anaconda with a view to providing a special setting for the dispersal and acquisition of traditional Shipibo knowledge.</p> <p align="center" class="text1"><img src="images/jan-kest.jpg" width="350" height="235" /><br /> <strong>Jan Kounen & Kestembetsa</strong><br /> </p> </div>   <div id="right"> <h2 align="center" class="scope"><img src="images/Arevalo, Guillermo.jpg" width="150" height="224" /><br /> <br /> <font size="1">‘Whether the plant is to heal the body or the spirit, or whether it is part of an apprenticeship, what makes it work is your good intention towards the plant. They are beings, which have their own forms or they can be like human beings with faces and bodies. When the spirit accepts the person, and the person has the will, the spirit grants them energy. The path to knowledge opens, and the healing takes place.’</font><br /><br /> </h2> </div>   <br class="spacer" /> <br /><br /> <p class="bot" style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.9em;"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> TargetDate = "07/10/2008 06:59 AM"; BackColor = "FFFFFF"; ForeColor = "brown"; CountActive = true; CountStepper = -1; LeadingZero = true; DisplayFormat = "CONVERGENCE: %%D%% days, %%H%% Hours, %%M%% Minutes, %%S%% Seconds."; FinishMessage = "It is finally here!"; </script> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://scripts.hashemian.com/js/countdown.js" type="text/javascript"></script></font> </font> </p> <br class="spacer" /> </div> </div>   <div id="before-footer"> <div id="bottomleftdiv" class="outline"></div> <div id="bottomrightdiv" class="outline"></div> </div> <div id="footer">  <ul class="nav2" onmouseout="closeSubMenus();"> <li><a href="index.php">home</a></li> <li><a href="featuring.php" id="featuring2Button" onmouseover="openSubMenu('featuring2');">featuring</a></li> <li id="featuring2Menu" class="submenu" onmouseover="openSubMenu('featuring2');"> <a href="pabla.php">Pablo Amaringo</a> <a href="guillermo.php">Guillermo Arévalo "Kestembetsa"</a> <a href="eric.php">Eric Avondo</a> <a href="ayasmina.php">AyasminA</a> <a href="sonia.php">Sonia Chuquimbalqui "Soiyaca"</a> <a href="frank.php">Frank Echenhofer, Ph.D.</a> <a href="richard.php">Richard Grossman, Ph.D.</a> <a href="martina.php">Martina Hoffmann</a> <a href="chris.php">Chris Kilham</a> <a href="jan.php">Jan Kounen</a> <a href="dennis.php">Dennis McKenna, Ph.D.</a> <a href="jeremy.php">Jeremy Narby, Ph.D.</a> <a href="roberto.php">Roberto Venosa</a> <a href="rolando.php">Rolando</a> <a href="sharon.php">Sharon Stetter</a> <a href="ken.php">Kenneth W. 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