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Zulu sangomas (diviners)
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Sangoma - The Zulu doctor with a Headdress of Gallbladders The Sangoma culture believe that the pear shaped gallbladder and the uterus are the receivers and givers of life and hence they use gallbladder in the decoration of their headdress Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net Art of Medicine
Sangoma – The Zulu doctor with a Headdress of Gallbladders
The Sangoma culture believe that the pear shaped gallbladder and the uterus are the receivers and givers of life and hence they use gallbladder in the decoration of their headdress
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net Art of Medicine
Derivation of Sangoma – The Zulu doctor with a Headdress of Gallbladders
The Sangoma culture believe that the pear shaped gallbladder and the uterus are the receivers and givers of life and hence they use gallbladder in the decoration of their headdress
Ashley Davidoff MD
TheCommonVein.net
Art of Medicine
13281b01 The Sangoma – Zulu caregiver A sculpture with a headdress of gallbladders. Custom teaches that is both the giver and receiver of life
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net

  • Sangoma
    • calling by ancestors
    • required to be trained
    • In the past it may have taken 25 years
    • respected within the community as
      • psychologists,
      • priests and
    • Heal with
      • herbs,
      • roots,
      • snake skins,
      • animal parts and many other things.
    • As a confidant
      • spiritual healing
      • psychological healing
    • By throwing bones,
      • and talking to ancestors (amadlozi).
    • Abilty to
      • reveal the past,
      • forecast the future,
      • find lost objects,
      • identify thieves if anything has been stolen etc

 

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