HUNI KUIN FESTIVAL IN THE AMAZON GUIDE
TRANSFORMATIONS CREATE FORMS. FROM OUR DNA AND OUR DEEPEST EMOTIONS
TO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR BODY AND THE WORLD, ALL OF THESE ARE EFFECTIVELY
MODIFIED. AS IF SOMETHING VERY NEW WAS PRESENT IN OUR LIVES AND IN OUR WAY
OF LOOKING AT THINGS. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF IMMERSION IN THE
UNIVERSE OF THE SACRED MEDICINES OF THE FOREST, AND NOT ONLY OF EXPERIENCE,
BUT OF THE PREPARATION OF EVERY RITUAL THAT THIS INTERNAL JOURNEY PROPOSES.

Accommodation –The accommodation within the tribe is in malocas or longhouses. A maloca is an ancestral long house used by the natives of the Amazon. You can also stay in a tent.
Food –During your stay with the tribe you will eat the traditional food of the Acre region. If you are vegetarian, you will have many options based on grains, vegetables and fruit. Whoever eats meat has the option of fish, red meat, and chicken, prepared in the traditional way of the tribe. Macaxeira, açaí, various types of bananas, pupunha, cupuaçu, patoá, caiçuma, guava leaf, and avocado are amongst the most common food you will eat with the tribe. Most items can be prepared in several different ways and are delicious!
Transportation – Whichever route you choose, we will be waiting for you and will guide you on each step of the way. Arrival and reception will be either at Cruzeiro do Sul International Airport (SCZ) or Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (SBRB). Depending on the arrival time, we recommend everyone to spend the night in the city and then take the night bus through the Amazon forest with destination Tarauacá -AC and an average duration of 10 hours. We will be there with you at all times to help you with that. You will arrive in Tarauacá early in the morning. After arriving in Tarauacá we will take a 2-hour boat trip from Porto Murú to Caucho village. The way back will look exactly the same.
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
1st Day – Friday, July 12
13:00 : Meeting at the port of Tarauacá
14:00 : Departure fro Taruaca to the Caucho village
15:00 : Reception of the guests in Aldeia huni kuĩ do Caucho
16:00 : Accreditation and dispatch to accommodation
18:00 – 19:30 : Dinner
20:00 : Presentation and welcome of the guests in the Arena (with traditional songs from the txanas)
2nd Day- Saturday, July 13th
07:00 – 08:00 : Breakfast
08:00 – 12:00 : Body painting in the Arena and handicrafts market
12:00 – 13:30 : Lunch
13:30 -15:00: Consultation with the Pajès for the use of medicines kãpũ (kambo), hãpaya (chilli diet) and other medicines – Location : Maloquinha
15:00 -17:00 : Official opening of the event with presentations of traditional chants, pakarin and Ho Ho Ika (traditional danse)
18:00- 19:30 : Dinner
22:00 : Terreirão ceremony with Nixi pae, smoking with medicinal herbs, Rapé sananga, herbal medicines bath.
3rd Day- Sunday, July 14th
07:00 – 08:00 : Breakfast
09:00 : Students Presentation from 1st to 5th years study
12:00 – 13:30 : Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 : Handicrafts, vegetables and plants market
16:00 – 17:00 : Presentation of Ho Ho Ika (traditional danse)
18:30 – 20:00 : Dinner
20:30 – 219:00 : Moovies presentation
21:00 – 24:00 : Healing ceremony with the Pajés
4th Day- Monday, July 15th
07:00 – 08:30 : Breakfast
08:45 – 11:30 : Rapé preparation
12:00 – 13:30 : Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 : Presentation of students from 5th grade to high school
16:00h – 17:00 : Presentation of Ho Ho Ika (traditional danse)
17:00 -18:30 : Dinner
21:00 : Pajelance work and Terreirão at the Shunuwã Park
5th Day Tuesday, July 16th
07:00 – 08:30 : Breakfast, then free time to have a rest
12:00 – 13:30 : Lunch
15:00 – 17:00 : Ho Ho Ika dance with all participants
18:30 – 20:00 : Dinner
20:30 – 23:00 : Participants presentation : instruments, songs, dance, theatre…
6th Day- Wednesday, July 17th
07:00 – 08:30 : Breakfast
09:00 : 1 hour trekking on the forest trail for concentration ceremony in the sacred village located in the earth of the forest
15:30 : Return to accommodation
18:30 – 20:00 : Dinner
20:30 : History and playwright of the Yawaxiku Nawa
7th Day- Thursday, July 18th
7:00 – 8:30 : Breakfast
09:00 – 12:00 : Presentation of the traditional huni kuin games (arrow shooting, running, throwing)
12:00 – 13:30 : Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 : Handicrafts market
15:00 – 17:00 : Ho Ho Ika traditional dance
18:30 – 20:00 : Dinner
21:00 : Santo Daime doctrine Ceremony runned by the Huni Kuin at the Caucho church
8th Day- Friday July 19th
7:00 – 8:30 : Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 : Ho Ho Ika with all school students
10:00 – 12:00 : Cane and Macaxeira traditional beverages degustation and Nete Bekun games
12:00 – 13:30 : Lunch
13:45 – 17:00 : Concentration ceremony at the Shunuwá
18:30 – 20:00 : Dinner
20:30 : Ho Ho Ika traditional dance
9th Day- Saturday July 20th
7:00 – 8:30 : Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 : Handicrafts market
12:00 – 13:30 : Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 : Sharing experiences of the Vivencia
18:30 – 20:00 : Dinner
20:30 – 24:00 : Ho Ho Ika dance with all villages and participantes
24:00 – 5:00 : Terreirão closing ceremony
5:00 – 6:00 : Kaxĩ Ika
10th Day – Sunday July 21st
Farewell day, Rest and free day, and pack your bags.
7:00 – 8:30 : Breakfast
12:00 – 13:30 : Lunch
18:30 – 20:00 : Dinner
20:30 – 23:00 : Ho Ho Ika dance with all villages and participantes
11th Day – Monday July 22nd
7:00 – 8:30 : Breakfast
10:00 – 11:00 : Departure for the municipality of Tarauacá