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Umgido weZangoma

Umgido weZangoma; a dance celebration for the initiates.

Umgido weZangoma

Umgido we Zangoma: a dance celebration of iZangoma for the initiates.

Mangubane

Mangubane, drapped in animal skins called imiqwambi' and white ocre with her 'ishoba'.

Macinga

Macinga, male diviner wearing a skirt.

'uPhilambi'

Pilambi, a female deviner from Zululand drapped in Iminqwaba.

Four Traditional Doctors

Four female deviners from the Bhaca tribe.

Isangoma: Bhaca

Isangoma, an elderly female deviner from the Bhaca tribe drapped in animal skins and beadwork.

ISangoma: Zulu

ISangoma, a male Zulu deviner dressed in animal skins and totems.

Family Healing

A female Sangoma visiting a family in Zululand to heal and perform some rituals.

'Boqo: Xhosa Healer'

Bobo. a Xhosa traditional healer outside his consultation hut.

'Uphondo lwePiti'

A traditional healer using 'Uphondo lwe Piti' to devine by holding in with a string.

'Uphondo lwePiti'

A traditional healer that uses 'uphondo lwepiti' to devine.

'Masibotshwana: Inyanga yase Swatini'

Masibotshwana, a traditional healer from eSwatini with his bag of bones.

'Inyanga yase Swatini'

A male healer with his bag of bones from eSwatini'.

'Inyanga yeZulu'

'Inyanga yeZulu': a traditional healer specialising in thunder and storm outside his house redirecting the storm.

'Inyanga yeZulu'

'Inyanga yeZulu': a traditional healer specialising in thunder and storm outside his house redirecting the storm.

'Esigodlweni'

The inside view of a traditional healer's consultation room.

'Esigodlweni'

The inside view of a traditional hearler's consultation room; 'Isisgodlo'. 

A Healer

A female traditional healer with her medicine bags/ luggage.

Medicine Bag

A medicine bag/ luggage that  belongs to a traditional healer.

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