Saku

Saku is a very powerful medicine man of the Marubo nation in the Amazon Forest of Brazil, although of young age. He is now working with Nixiwaká and Putanny in Yawanawá ceremonies, assisting them in the healing of participants. In the Marubo nation medicine men and women identify the children who will continue their work and they start doing healing work at very young age. Saku started when he was age 4 and recently have successfully healed patients of diseases which their doctors in hospitals told them there was no cure due to its advanced stage.