[UA] Don't wake the Tiger!

[Chris Cooper]

--- Susan Dohnim <bibadoo at hotmail.com> wrote:


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I like this line: 

>Both were farm laborers near the southern city of
Hyderabad who also practiced traditional medicine. 

Even the news story admits they practiced witchcraft
-- why else would they point this out?

It is never called witchcraft by the authorities but
only by the wild mob. Every so often someone here has
a story in a paper about zombies or flying woman or
witches being stoned to death alongside the regular
and mundane atrocities. Just last night a newsd story
said a sangoma told the police where to look for a
missing constables body. There was a mixed reaction to
the methods behind investigation-by-divination.

Local religious/mystical/cultural practices are called
Traditional Medicine or Healing... or homeopathy. In
South Africa the government has given a fair degree of
legitimacy to the varied traditional healers. 

Cheers,

Chris.




 
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