Yawanawa Celebration
Chief Biraci Nixiwaka
Birthday
HAUX HAUX
The Guardians of the Sacred Lands YAWANAWA TRIBE
& The Honorary Council of Treecasa Resort
Invite you for a grand celebration to Honor the Life of
CHIEF NIXIWAKA
LIFE, JOY, TRADITION AND WISDOM
A Gathering of Cultures in the Heart of Nature Experiencing the Magic of the Amazon
Celebrate Life in UNITY.
Let it be known throughout the lands, forests, rivers, and skies, that on this glorious week, we come together to honor and celebrate the life of Chief Nixiwaca of the noble Yawanawa Tribe from the Sacred heart of the Amazon rainforest of Brazil.
In the spirit of unity, wisdom, and ancient tradition, Treecasa Resort — sanctuary of natural wonders — is hosting this magnificent gathering.
All peoples of good heart and spirit are called to attend in gratitude, authenticity, truth, reverence, music, dance and joy on this auspicious occasion.
So declared, by the will of the Earth, Water, Fire, Wind the stars, sky, the sacred lands in the name of Health, Gratitude, Wealth, Wisdom, Love, peace, Joy, abundance, Truth, integrity, Success, Friendship, authenticity,healing opulence,Beauty, freedom, nature, the spiritual family and harmony.
Treecasa Resort — sanctuary of natural wonders — is hosting this magnificent gathering.
FULL PROGRAM & SCHEDULE
April 6th
Opening Circle Market Concert
April 7th
6pm: Uni circle
April 8th
Raphé and Sananga circle
April 9th
6pm: Uni Circle
April 10th
Closing circle
April 11th
Chiefs birthday
April 12th
Free day or departure
A magical retreat space where people could explore, discover and connect.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Registrations will be received until March 20th inclusive or until quotas are filled. Seats are limited.
> The contribution to join the Yawa Journey is FULL YAWANAWA
FULL YAWANAWA RETREAT | 1 PAX
8 DAYS Y 7 NIGHTS
Check in 06, check out 13/04/25
Includes: Accommodation for 7 nights, food for 8 days (Entering with dinner and leaving with lunch)
Cost of full withdrawal $2,688.30
FULL YAWANAWA RETREAT | 2 PAX
8 DAYS Y 7 NIGHTS
Check in 06, check out 13/04/25
Includes: Accommodation for 7 nights, food for 8 days (Entering with dinner and leaving with lunch)
Cost of full withdrawal $3,761.30
FULL YAWANAWA RETREAT | 3 PAX
8 DAYS Y 7 NIGHTS
Check in 06, check out 13/04/25
Includes: Accommodation for 7 nights, food for 8 days (Entering with dinner and leaving with lunch)
Cost of full withdrawal $5,038.80
FULL YAWANAWA RETREAT | 1 PAX
8 DAYS Y 7 NIGHTS
Check in 06, check out 13/04/25
Includes: Accommodation for 7 nights, food for 8 days (Entering with dinner and leaving with lunch)
Cost of full withdrawal $2,688.30
FULL YAWANAWA RETREAT | 2 PAX
8 DAYS Y 7 NIGHTS
Check in 06, check out 13/04/25
Includes: Accommodation for 7 nights, food for 8 days (Entering with dinner and leaving with lunch)
Cost of full withdrawal $3,761.30
FULL YAWANAWA RETREAT | 3 PAX
8 DAYS Y 7 NIGHTS
Check in 06, check out 13/04/25
Includes: Accommodation for 7 nights, food for 8 days (Entering with dinner and leaving with lunch)
Cost of full withdrawal $5,038.80
For more details contact us: [email protected]
+(505) 7743-6118 +(505) 8244-1229
RETREAT PARTICIPATION AND NOURISHING MEALS
The total cost of the retreat is $600, which includes all scheduled activities, workshops, and experiences.
Please note: The cost does not include food or lodging. Participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodations and meals.
For more details contact us: [email protected]
+(505) 7743-6118 +(505) 8244-1229
TreeCasa was forged from a collaborative vision to build a world of immersive, interactive experiences unlike any other.
A magical retreat space where people could explore, discover and connect.
Accomodation and food during the retreat is ot included in the retreat price, but if you want to stay and eat at Treecasa, we have options available for you upon request [email protected]
Address: Treecasa Resort, from the Alcaldía 4 km north. Rancho Papayal entrance, 2 KM east, San Juan del Sur
DISCOVER NICARAGUA:
Optional Activities During Your Free Time
These experiences allow you to immerse yourself in the beauty and culture of Nicaragua:
Surfing on nearby beaches
A guided tour of the charming town of San Juan del Sur
Boat tours to explore the scenic coastline
Turtle Nesting Private beach visits
A tour of the beautiful Ometepe Island
Feel free to choose one or more of these activities to make the most of your time here. For more information contact us [email protected]
+505 8244 1229
Surf in Playa Maderas
Day Tour in Ometepe
Boat Tours Playa Blanca
YAWANAWA PEOPLE
There are approximately 1200 Yawanawa living in the Brazilian state of Acre, in villages along the banks of the Gregório river, where they have made their homes since time immemorial.
The Yawanawa people’s first contact with the non-indigenous world happened around the 19th century.
It was an intense period of much conflict with the rubber barons and missionaries who invaded their lands and tried to forbid Yawanawa language, culture and spirituality.
In the 1980s, chief Biraci Nixiwaka Brazil led his people in the fight for the recognition of their native territories, and the Yawanawa became the first indigenous people to obtain the official rights to their lands in the state of Acre.
The Yawanawa have since then reclaimed their sacred medicines, rituals, song and dance, festivals,games, traditional body painting and adornment, artwork and food, in a profound journey of cultural revival.
PUTANNY YAWANAWA
Yawanawa spirituality is a sacred territory where never a woman had dared to step, for since ancestral times, it had belonged exclusively to men.
In 2005, Putanny and her sister were the first women to make the sacred oath of the Yawanawa people. They have since been recognized as the first women to undergo Yawanawa spiritual training.
After a year of strict diet, Putanny earned her communities’ respect as spiritual leader, opening the way into this sacred path for other Yawanawa women.
A break in tradition that united the male and female universes – and brought the magic of feminine spirituality to strengthen the Yawanawa culture.
Together with her husband, Chief Nixiwaka, Putanny currently leads the place of origin of the Yawanawa people, considered the cultural sanctuary of this Nation.
CHIEF NIXIWAKA
Chief Nixiwaka is one of the most relevant indigenous leaders of our time.
He has dedicated his life to reclaiming his people’s ancient culture and spirituality. After reconquering the rights over their ancestral territory, Nixiwaka, alongside his family, led the opening of their culture to the outside world.
Its main element is the Yawa Festival, which is held annually since 2002 in the village of Nova Esperança (“New Hope”).
In the past years he has spent most of his time in the Sacred Village, dedicated to spirituality and healing, receiving teachings from the elders, in order to carry on the Yawanawa legacy.
In his few journeys out of his village to represent his people, he’s also visited other spiritual leaders around the world and has partaken in the sharing of many cultural traditions.
NICARAGUA
Nicaragua’s name is derived from Nicarao, the name of the Nahuatl– speaking tribe which inhabited the shores of Lake Nicaragua before the Spanish conquest of the Americas-, and the Spanish word Agua, meaning water, due to the presence of the large Lake Cocibolca.
The great Nicaraguan Lake Cocibolca is the biggest water reserve from Central America, containing biodiversity untouched and pristine.
As the territory that links the North and the South, we are excited to be part of the movement that is creating new alliances, new ways of encounters of our worlds, in celebration of our diversity and reconnection with our true essence.
NICARAO-AGUA
NAWASHAHU YAWANAWA
Nawashahu is the eldest daughter of Putanny and the chief Nixiwaka Yawanawa.
She has been brought up to become a leader. Nawashahu has been very dedicated to their studies of Yawanawa spirituality, dieting with the elders and always seeking to learn more from the lead ers of the tribe.
Nawashahu is a guardian of this knowledge and a very talented singer, who has accompanied her parents in their work and travels outside the villages since early age.
PEU YAWANAWA
Peu is one of the most devoted spiritual leaders from the younger generation of the Yawanawa people.
He committed to the sacred “samakei” (diet), the Yawanawa’s highest spiritual initiation, for five consecutive years. In this period he received direct teachings from the elders Tata and Yawa, who have recently passed away.
His studies with the elders brought exceptional strength to his work with the sacred healing prayers of his ancestry.
Today peu is responsible for preparing and serving the medicines in the Sacred Village.
He is also a talented musician, as has traveled to Europe, North America and Asia sharing Yawanawa spirituality.
UNION IN HUMANITY
In these times of uncertainty, when our world is being driven towards dangerous directions, we all feel, in different ways, the urge to reconnect with a deeper sense of life.
There is so much hope when the keepers of ancient knowledge and wisdom
who have lived in harmony with the extraordinary web of life for thousands of years, rise from the brink of oblivion, forgive their tormentors in the midst of ongoing extermination,and are ready to step up and guide us with so much love and joy through the mysteries of spirit. So that we can see with our own eyes.
As chief Nixiwaka says:
“It is a New Time for Humanity. A time of forgiveness, a time of love, a time for unity, The Time of the Alliances. And it is time for the Feminine to show us the way.”
MUKASHAHU YAWANAWA
Mukashahu is the youngest daughter of Putanny and chief Nixiwaka, a spiritual warrior and female leader.
She has been raised to be a leader of the Yawanawa people and the keeper of the sacred lineage, holding the legacy of the Yawanawa women, their ancestors, their stories, language, and the songs of prayer, in her heart.
After completing the sacred “mukuwia” diet for women, she now has her inner vision opened and assists other young women of the tribe who are also following this sacred path.
She and her brother Naniwavo are the first siblings of the new generation of spiritual leaders to represent Yawanawa culture and share their healing teachings.
MUKAVEINE YAWANAWA
Referred to as the “Little Chief”, Mukaveine is the youngest son of Yawanawas chiefs Nixiwaka and Putanny, he also comes from a long lineage of indigenous leaders and medicine men and women.
Mukaveine has the name of the prophet of the Yawanawa people, who received many visions, such as the invasion of white men. The prophet thus instructed the Yawanawa people to make alliances with the white man and keep peace.
“Little Chief” Mukaveine is thus expected and raised to be a leader of the Yawanawa people in the future.
He lives in the Sacred Village with his family and after recently completing a year of dieting alongside his mother, he has been honoring his name and prophecy, representing the culture, songs and stories of his people like few others, despite his young age.
AN EXCLUSIVE INVITATION TO EXPERIENCE A TRIBE THAT HEALS THROUGH JOY AND ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS.