Icaros
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For the character in Greek mythology see Icarus.
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Icaros are medicine songs, used as part of the toolkit of Shamans and Curanderos in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. Typically, but not always, they are used in Ayahuasca ceremonies to fulfill such purposes as removing bad spirits from an afflicted person. Each icaro is used to contact a different spirit, for use of healing. Typically, icaros are sung with the accompaniment of a Chakapa.
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- Shamanic Icaro
- Article on icaros, the spirit songs of the Amazon shaman
- Ayahuasca and icaros, article
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