For the Shipibo people of Peru, everything is intertwined. Their home. Their souls. Their Creator. In ancient tradition, Shamans communicate with cosmic worlds during sacred ceremonies. Their visions of serpents bring protection to the community, radiating with light, colour and sound, as they sing their visions to the tribe. Shipibo artisans paint and stitch the energy of these serpent songs into patterns of visual music. Each handcrafted product transforms music, myth and belief into one harmonious creation. There is a sophisticated symbolic language embedded in these geometric patterns that the Shipibo strive to honour within a quickly modernizing world. The traditional ways of the Shipibo reflect a fundamental connection with the universe, and their art perceives what is beyond seeing.
