It’s hard to believe that witch burnings and child sacrifices still happen. But they do!
Shamans and witchcraft
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Burning dolls for brother’s protection: Sama Chakeva
The brother-sister festival at Tihar is only one of several others. In Maithili communities across the Terai, love between brothers and sisters is also celebrated at Sama Chakeva in commemoration of heroic acts of two mythic sieblings. Sama, a young…
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“Shaman Night”: women shamans in action (video)
This video is from a remote village East of Janakpur – at night on the last full moon of November – capturing moments of ancient Shaman rituals. Most of them women, the local Shamans are performing rituals celebrating the slaying…