Living Treasure Sichingua

Living Treasure Sichingua

Living Treasure Sichingua Sichingua (Siqinqua) is a Daur Shaman in Inner Mongolia, China. Sichingua came highly recommended by FSS Field Associate Kun Shi (China) and by Dr. Mihály Hoppál, President of the International Society for Shamanistic Research. Sichingua is a...
Living Treasure Saintsetseg

Living Treasure Saintsetseg

In the northernmost region of the Sayan Mountains on the edge of the Siberian Frontier lives a small band of nomadic reindeer herders. Their traditional practices represent the oldest variant of shamanism found in Mongolia. In this band lives Saintsetseg, their shaman.

Living Treasure Kapi Waurá

Living Treasure Kapi Waurá

Kapi is a shaman of the “yakapa” type, which allows her not only to recite healing charms, but also to see spirits and other beings while in a tobacco trance.

Pau Nyima Dhondup

Pau Nyima Dhondup

Pau Nyima Dhondup It is with great sadness that we report that Pau Nyima Dhondup passed on in September 2013). Pau Nyima was a wise and dedicated healer, the last of the three Tibetan shamans designated as Living Treasures in the refugee camp in Nepal. The other two...
Mandu Manuel da Silva

Mandu Manuel da Silva

Mandu Manuel da Silva (In Memoriam, January 2021) Manuel da Silva, or "Mandu" (Chief), is of the Hohodene phratry of the Aiary River, Northwest Amazon, Brazil. The Hohodene are one among five or six large phratries of the Baniwa, an Arawak-speaking people. Mandu was...