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Sierra Leone's Mende people see witchcraft convictions as beneficial, as the accused receive support and care from the community. [11] In Zulu culture, healers known as sangoma s protect people from witchcraft and evil spirits through divination, rituals and mediumship. [12]
In Sierra Leone and neighbouring countries, the young survivors of the ebola epidemic are often accused of withcraft, losing parents to the disease and community support to superstition. [ 28 ] According to a disputable empiric construction, sick infants tend to have better survival rates due to witch-hunts:
Sjoerd Hofstra: Boys returning from their initiation in the Poro. Panguma, Sierra Leone, 1936. The Poro, or Purrah or Purroh, is a men's secret society in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast, introduced by the Mane people (the Mande Elites leading large-scale migrations from the Mali Empire into the southern coastal areas).
According to a disputable empiric construction, in Sierra Leone sick infants tend to have better survival-rates due to witchhunts: "the effect of the witch cleansing probably lasts for years in the sense that mothers are predisposed to tend their babies with more hopefulness and real concern. Therefore many babies who, before the arrival of the ...
Sierra Leone's Mende people see witchcraft convictions as beneficial, as the accused receive support and care from the community. [127] Lastly, in Zulu culture, healers known as sangoma s protect people from witchcraft and evil spirits through divination, rituals and mediumship. [128]
The witch hunts in Jalpaiguri are less known, but are motivated by the stress in the tea industry on the lives of the adivasi (tribal) workers. [43] In India, labeling a woman as a witch is a common ploy to grab land, settle scores or even to punish her for turning down sexual advances.
Ngewo gave two messages to be received by the Mende people and told two animals, the toad and the dog, to send these messages to earth. The dog was entrusted with telling humans that they will not die, while the toad would bring a message foretelling their death instead.
Bubu music is traditional music played by the Temne people in Sierra Leone. [1] The music was originally used in witchcraft ceremonies, but later it turned into a popular religious processional style played during Ramadan. [2] In its folk form, the music is played by blowing on bamboo cane flutes and on metal pipes -often repurposed auto parts.