Ancestral healing rituals and the significance of Taky Samy in andean spirituality.

Taky Samy is an ancestral Andean healing practice of our physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and auric bodies. Taky Samy practices connect us with plants, animals, birds and Mother Earth, through the language of instruments made of ceramic, bamboo, deer, and condor feathers and bones. These practices are guided by the sacred word of prayer, mantras and songs that connect with the Great Ordering Spirit Pachakamak, and the Great Mystery Tunupa Tixi Wirakocha, so that we can return to the order of life in harmony with all the beings of Mother Earth. Mother Earth has her order and that order guides all the activities of our lives. This order is represented in the cycles of the cultivation of our crops: corn in the first order, accompanied by potatoes, beans, quinua, chochos, pumpkins, and so on. Mother Earth cycles lead all Raymi and Andean rituals and festive celebrations, such as the solar dances that are accompanied by corn chicha, this includes the practice of Taky Samy ceremonies, music and dances. Taky Samy is more than musical therapy, it is harmony of life. Its therapeutic attributes and sacred language can heal an array of ailments and can also prevent adverse personal and family situations. Taky Samy celebrates social harmony and wards off illnesses and bad luck. It ultimately connects society with the Buen Vivir or Good Living, the Sumak Kawsay, which is a legacy of our Andean ancestors. This paper touches on the origins, purpose and practices of Taky Samy as important elements of the tapestry of ancestral Andean healing rituals. It focuses on Tayta Shairy Quimbo's (this paper's first author) Taky Samy path and practices. Taky Samy sacred instruments and spaces, as well as healing word and practices, connect us with spiritual worlds, to the consciousness of Pacha Mama renewing lives. Taky Samy reveals the importance and centrality of the revitalisation of Indigenous ancestral healing practices to the continuity of Andean spirituality, ontological wisdom and consciousness.