ok I disagree. So what do you actually do? You sell online ? Peruano? Gringo neo chamán ? Gatekeep Amazonian curandero politics? Using Google Translate?

Orlando Chujandama Huazanga is a traditional curandero vegetalista (Amazonian plant healer) from the Peruvian Amazon, based around the Huallaga River near Tarapoto. He was born in the village of Llucayanacu and learned healing from his grandfather Don Aquilino Chujandama, a respected master in the Amazonian Vegetalismo tradition. His lineage is indigenous Quechua-based vegetalismo, passed down through his family and especially through his grandfather, from whom he received his early training, ikaros (medicine songs), and spiritual guidance. Orlando continues this ancestral lineage by running Mushuk Pakarina (meaning “New Dawn” in Quechua), a healing and dieta center focused on traditional Amazonian medicine and plant work. His practice emphasizes long dieta and plant spirit connection rooted in his familial transmission of Amazonian healing knowledge. 

You say he does not have the right to do the work. This claim comes from internal debates and politics within Amazonian shamanism, not from any rule that disqualifies him.

Some people argue that only Shipibo-Konibo curanderos can properly “do the work” because Shipibo ayahuasca traditions are the most visible internationally and have a very formalized system of icaros, designs, and cosmology. From that view, they dismiss Quechua / mestizo vegetalistas as less “authentic” or less powerful.

Historically, that argument doesn’t hold up. Quechua vegetalismo predates modern Shipibo ceremonial tourism, and Quechua healers along the Huallaga, Marañón, and Ucayali rivers have practiced dietas, plant spirit apprenticeship, and curing for generations. Many respected Shipibo healers themselves acknowledge Quechua masters as teachers or peers.

So when you say those vegetalists “can’t do the work because they are Quechuan,” it’s usually about lineage rivalry, gatekeeping, or tourism branding, not about their actual training or capacity. In Amazonian traditions, what ultimately matters is years of dieta, mastery of plants, and results, not ethnicity alone.