curandero
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It wasn’t until her 40s that she was ready to begin her apprenticeship with a curandero in Tecate, Baja California, and understand how to heal a whole person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
It tells the story of her grandfather Rafael Contreras Alfonso, or Nono, a Colombian curandero, or healer, who had magical gifts that he passed down to Rojas Contreras and her mother.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
As a curandero, or shaman, he was revered in eastern Colombia for his ability to communicate with the spectral world.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
“I’m working on the movie La Llorona and am looking for a curandero to do limpias before my movie screenings,” publicist Nahir Wold wrote San Diego-based curandera Grace Sesma in an email.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
The contents of Abuelita’s bulto looked like it may have belonged to El Niño Fidencio, the famous curandero of olden times, and I watched in awe as she sorted the ingredients for Pita’s treatment.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Ingrid Rojas Contreras goes on to explore her family’s history as curanderos — South American shamans like her grandfather, whose bones the family decides to disinter in accordance with his spectral request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Though Russell is enthusiastic about Salomon’s bill, others are more skeptical, worried that it leaves out grassroots activists or prioritizes medical professionals over traditional healers like shamans or curanderos, who may not have formal education.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
Leading up to the Friday release of the movie based on a Mexican folktale, Warner Bros. invited healers known as curanderos to give audiences cleanings called “limpias.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
Photograph: Emilie Lescale Traditional use involves only the curanderos drinking, according to Luis Eduardo Luna, a Colombian anthropologist and ayahuasca researcher.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2016
Finally, the curanderos should be enlisted as health aides.
From Time Magazine Archive
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