A 1985 ethnographic study argued something more specific than 'healing music': Shipibo healers perceive the song and their visual kené design as the same object experienced through different senses — sound made visible, pattern made audible.
Angelika Gebhart-Sayer's 1985 study of Shipibo icaros and kené design
Healing songs sung by Shipibo practitioners over patients during ayahuasca ceremonies.
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