traditional healing
Nubian Zar Ceremony Is Changing
Last week, the Christian Science Monitor published a brief story about the fading musical art form of the Nubians known as the zar. The correspondent for the Monitor, Laura Kasinov, witnessed a zar performance at a small arts studio in Cairo and was impressed. She indicated that the music originates in Upper Egypt, on the […]
Traditional Tanzanian Healer and his Victims
A seemingly bizarre news story about a predatory traditional healer emerged from rural Tanzania last week. According to the Sunday Citizen, an attack by the healer sent the manager of a guesthouse where he was staying and four of his other guests to a local hospital. The healer was staying at the Annudo Guesthouse and […]
Ladakhi Amchi Rituals Consecrate Medicines [anthology chapter review]
In order to heal effectively, the amchi, the traditional Ladakhi healer, must understand Buddhist religious practices as well as proper healing methods. The amchi rituals, such as the one described in a recent article, represent a convergence of religious and healing methods. Laurent Pordié, an anthropologist with the Department of Social Sciences at the French […]
