During his visit to Pucallpa, Peru, Leo XIV is expected to wear a chasuble featuring Shipibo-Konibo designs and a white mitre symbolizing the Amazon, its peoples and rivers. Ciboria for Communion have been crafted by Don Bosco artisans and painted by Shipibo women.
The traditional geometric kené art has roots in indigenous spirituality. Peru's Ministry of Culture links it to the cosmic anaconda (Ronin), beliefs concerning spiritual forces, and visions associated with ayahuasca, a powerful psychedelic plant-based brew used in traditional Amazonian shamanic rituals.
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