Yawanawá Concert: Song, Storytelling, and Hapé with Chief Isku Kua

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Join us for a magical night of music, stories, and hapé with Chief Iskukua Yawanawa.
The Yawanawá are an Indigenous people living on their ancestral lands along the Gregório River in the Amazon rainforest of Acre, Brazil. This January, Chief Iskukua of the Nova Esperança village will be visiting the Bay Area to share their living culture and current community initiatives with us.
We warmly invite you to join us for an evening of song, story, and ceremony centered around the traditional medicine of hapé. Come immerse yourself in the spirit of the forest and learn from an unbroken Indigenous lineage rooted in community, reciprocity, and harmony with the natural world.

Live Music
Experience the traditional saite (songs) and oral stories of the Yawanawá people, offerings passed down through generations and shared as living expressions of culture, prayer, and remembrance.
Hapé Ceremony
Receive hapé, a sacred Amazonian forest medicine traditionally used for grounding, clarity, and spiritual alignment. Please note: participation is entirely optional, and offered with care and respect.
Indigenous Market
Explore a curated market featuring handmade art, jewelry, hapé, and ceremonial items created by Indigenous artisans of the forest. Each piece carries cultural meaning and supports the makers and their communities.
Supporting Indigenous Communities
Attendance at this gathering supports the Yawanawá people in reciprocity for their cultural sharing, with all proceeds benefiting Nova Esperança (New Hope) Village of the Yawanawa Tribe in the Brazilian Amazon, and their ongoing community projects.

More about Chief Iskukua
Isku Kua is Chief of Nova Esperança Village, the largest of the Yawanawá communities, and Director of the Isku Vakehuhu Center for Traditional Studies and the Yawanawá Language. Initiated into the highest spiritual practices of his tradition, Isku Kua represents a new generation of leadership within the Yawanawá nation rooted in ancestral wisdom while actively shaping the future.
A dedicated leader and spokesperson for his people and for the broader Indigenous movement in Brazil, Isku Kua travels internationally to share the message of the forest and the cultural and spiritual traditions of the Yawanawá people. He has served as a keynote speaker for six heads of state and has presented at the United Nations, UNESCO, and the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative. His work focuses on Indigenous education, language revitalization, cultural preservation, sustainable energy, regenerative agriculture, and reforestation.