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iNtfwasa graduation, Day 2, Swaziland
Day 2 of the ceremony where a "Sangoma" (sometimes called "witchdoctor") qualifies in Swaziland after her training, called "iNtfwasa". Early in the morning of day 2 the "ematfwasa" or candidates go to the river with the bones of the goat whose blood they had drunk and whose gall bladder was fastened in their hair. They are chased around the compound by a man with a stick as a symbol of the hardship they have had to endure during their training. The candidates perform again their divination skills, while the drums beat out the rhythm associated with the"emadloti" ancestral spirits. The drum rhythm changes to that of the "emaNdzawe", believed to be spirits of the "Ndau" people, native to Mozambique, whose cattle had been stolen by a group of Swazis centuries ago; the Ndau had been killed by those Swazis too and their spirits have to be placated. The candidates wear red cloths, symbolising the blood of the "emaNdzawe" or Ndau. They walk to the river where the candidates have "umutsi", medicine rubbed in a cut made in their tongue (to ensure they always speak the truth); chickens are decapitated, the candidates have to drink a little of the blood and they are then immersed in the river: three times pushed under, like a baptism. They "die" as a normal human being, to be revived later in the village. All candidates are covered with a white cloth and loaded into a truck to be returned to the village. After the "dead" ematfwasa (candidates Sangoma) have been brought back to the ...From:luitzenkViews:1 0ratingsTime:09:31More inTravel Events

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