Zulu Culture: Story of the Gallbladder and the Uterus
In Zululand, South Africa,the Sangoma are practitioners of folk medicine and counselling in traditional Zulu societies.Sangomas wear a headress that is adorned with goat’s gallbladder that is tied into the hair at the back of the head. Usually the gallbladder comes from the goat that was slaughtered when the Sangoma?s graduated.
The gallbladder and the uterus share the same shape and it is the belief that they are both organs that receive and give life. Their headress therefore is adorned with gallbladders to incorporate