Myself, Liina Laufer, with a sangoma in Masele - a traditional practioner of herbal medicine, what we might call a shaman. She has calamine on her face, which is used as a facial decoration in South Africa. A lively woman, she didn't speak to us in English, but made herself clear with humour, gesture, and song.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Me and the sangoma
Myself, Liina Laufer, with a sangoma in Masele - a traditional practioner of herbal medicine, what we might call a shaman. She has calamine on her face, which is used as a facial decoration in South Africa. A lively woman, she didn't speak to us in English, but made herself clear with humour, gesture, and song.
