Huni Meka Studies • Spiritual context, pronunciation, history 19–20 Nov 2025
Beyond Sounds
Sacred Chants
from the Amazon
WITH IBÃ ISAIAS SALES
Ibã (Isaías) Sales — Huni Kuin
Professor, researcher, and tradition-bearer from Aldeia Chico Curumim on the Rio Jordão (Acre). Trained from childhood by his father Romão Sales Tui and grandfather Chico Curumim Tene, Ibã has dedicated his life to learning, classifying, recording, and teaching Huni Meka chants and their ceremonial contexts. He shares these teachings to strengthen his community and to help preserve one of the world’s vital living spiritual traditions.
What You’ll Experience
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The spiritual context of each prayer/chant, its role in ceremony, history and deeper meanings
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Pronunciation & cadence guided by Ibã and family
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Time for listening, learning and respectful questions
Materials Provided
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PDF with lyrics for each chant
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Audio recordings to support pronunciation & practice
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Video recordings from the Amazon forest
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Access to a WhatsApp group for community and support
Format
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2 live Zoom classes
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60–90 minutes each
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Each class focuses on a different Huni Meka chant
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Sessions will be recorded and the link will be sent on our Whattsapp group
Schedule
Season 01
Class 01: Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
(Sydney 8:00 AM AEDT, UTC+11)
Brasília: Tue Nov 18, 6:00 PM
Los Angeles: Tue Nov 18, 1:00 PM
New York: Tue Nov 18, 4:00 PM
London: Tue Nov 18, 9:00 PM
Paris: Tue Nov 18, 10:00 PM
Sydney: Wed Nov 19, 8:00 AM
Season 01
Class 02: Thursday Nov 20, 2025
(Sydney 8:00 AM AEDT, UTC+11)
Brasília: Wed Nov 19, 6:00 PM
Los Angeles: Wed Nov 19, 1:00 PM
New York: Wed Nov 19, 4:00 PM
London: Wed Nov 19, 9:00 PM
Paris: Wed Nov 19, 10:00 PM
Sydney: Thur Nov 20, 8:00 AM
CONTRIBUTE TO LIVING HERITAGE
When you join this series, you help sustain the Huni Kuin community and the transmission of Huni Meka teachings.
Beyond Sounds is humbled to host this work and thankful for each person who shows up with respect and care.
Your support helps ensure that the knowledge carried by elders and culture keepers like Ibã Sales can be shared, remembered, and renewed for generations to come.
Together, we preserve and protect a vital living spiritual tradition.
Registration & Pricing
Full Season (2 classes): $89
Seats are limited to keep the circle intimate.
Beyond online learning: a living bridge to the Amazon’s heart.
This can be bigger than these two classes.
Ibã’s lessons are within our BEYOND SOUNDSS 6-week module (Nov 5–Dec 17, 2025) designed for people who love music and ancient traditions. 6 live sessions (Beginners + Advanced) to deepen voice, learn new songs and guitar techniques, and integrate music as a healing practice -plus time for questions and real transformation.
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Do you want to become part of this community?
In this group we gather regularly to learn medicine songs and to sing together. It's a place for curiosity and authenticity. Welcome home.
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