Look closely at the cliff face. This was our first sight of this tall and beautiful waterfall. Little did we know when we first saw it that we would stop there and hike up to the pool at the base of this waterfall. AND little did we know, though we might have guessed it, that this waterfall is highly revered and sacred to the Achuar Shuar tribe we were being hosted by. (Thank you Heath Hilary for the first two photos here.)
Nangaritza is known to the Shuar as the waterfall valley, because they believe that the spirit of the Arutam (waterfall deity) roams to protect both nature and the people. And we were told that this waterfall is considered to be the home of the Arutam. It had an indescribable effect on each person with us. Some strong energy and presence that you couldn't deny. Some sang, some swam n bathed under the fall, some prayed or meditated, but everyone stood in a state of reverence here. Interacting with the waterfall shifted our energy as a group and alerted us to the reality that from this point in the river on, we were entering another realm, moving through the veil between our everyday reality and another, more wild and untamed, with many lessons it urgently wanted to give.
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