Results for "traditional healers"
8 entries found.
馃嚳馃嚘 South Africa and 5 moreTraditional healers of Southern Africa
Practitioners who blend herbal medicine with ancestral divination in Southern AfricaTradition 路 Healing 路 Protection Living
馃嚳馃嚘 South AfricaUkuthwasa
A spiritual calling and initiation process for traditional healers in Southern Africa.Rite 路 Healing 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
馃嚙馃嚧 BoliviaThe Witches' MarketMercado de las Brujas
A La Paz market where Aymara women and yatiri sell ritual items for Pachamama offeringsTradition 路 Luck and prosperity 路 Protection Living
馃嚳馃嚘 South AfricaDivination bonesditaola (Sotho-Tswana), amathambo (isiZulu)
Bones and carved objects used by traditional healers in South Africa to foresee the futureSeeing and foretelling 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
馃嚭馃嚫 United StatesPlastic shaman
A label for imposters who sell fake Indigenous spiritual practices for profitBelief 路 Cursing and harm Living
馃嚥馃嚳 Mozambique and 1 moreNdau witchcraft and sorcery
A system of spirit belief and traditional healing among the Ndau people of Mozambique and ZimbabweTradition 路 Healing 路 Protection Living
馃嚳馃嚘 South Africa and 1 moreSacred caves of the Basotho
Cave networks in South Africa and Lesotho used by the Basotho for ancestral rituals and healingTradition 路 Healing 路 Protection Living
馃嚞馃嚟 Ghana and 4 moreSpirit children
A Ghanaian belief that disabled children are harmful spirits requiring ritual treatment or deathBelief 路 Cursing and harm Fading
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ukuthwasa: Mycelium101, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Witches' Market: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Traditional healers of Southern Africa: Wizzy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ndau witchcraft and sorcery: Mycelium101, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sacred caves of the Basotho: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Divination bones: Mycelium101, CC BY-SA 3.0, source