The music from Amazon forest.

They are from Puerto Misahualli, Napo
In 2000, they won Ecuador's folk dance competition
In 2002, they prove to be the best again, they win golden leaf award during the Fiesta de Tena.

The leader, Esteban Grefa with the first prize for Amazonian Folk dance Fiesta in Tena, Napo, Ecuador. Mayor of Tena, the capital of amazonian province of Napo in Ecuador, hands over the first prize, the Golden Leaf of Huayusa to Esteban Grefa.

ANACONDA (Los Patihuaris) folk dance presentation is an unforgettable performance. The original music reflects traditional melodies of this part of the Amazon River. A spectator is mesmerized by rhythmic sounds of a turtle shell, a bamboo rattle, a three strings violin, a mini-guitar, a guitar, and a big drum. Girls swing grass skirts... boys, with curare blowpipes, circulate and wave between them... while an elder keeps the guard.
They are attending the shaman.

The Shaman invokes the spirit of anaconda. The warriors protect him. The women shaman, followed by her maids, brings the calabash of a magic drink. The anaconda spirit guides the shaman into the world of spiritual foresight. After drinking the ayahuasca, he asks anaconda for a protection, while dancers portray the movement of anaconda's body. He leads his dancers in a mystic dream induced by ayahuasca vine, while musician play and sing the story. The dance finishes as the Shaman offers his woman partner, the anaconda queen, to the serpent.

All dancers form a protective circle around them. The following silence... is interrupted by loud applauds.
A Splendid sight and sound, an opera in the jungle...

PUERTO MISAHUALLI is a small village at the end of a road. It's a door to the Amazonian jungle of Ecuador. This popular tour destination rests at the junction of two rivers, Napo and Misahualli. From the village, riverboats transport visitors to rustic cabins (cabañas) situated near native villages. In this part of the world, people speak kitchwa language. Exp: pagaracho - thank you.

NAPO RIVER enters into the headwaters of Amazon River. From Napo, Francisco de Orellana discovered the Amaru Mayu (The mother serpent of the world) River, and later changed its name to Amazon.