N'anga neKushopera

Traditional Healers and Divination

N'anga dzinogona kurapa, kushopera nehakata, kana kuita zvose zviri zviviri, uye dzinowanikwa nenzira dzakasiyana dzakadai dzedzinza, dzokuoneka, dzokutengwa kana dzemashavi.

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N'anga inogona kunge ichiita basa rimwe pakati pekurapa nokushopera, kana kuti zvose zviri zviviri. Dzinoshandisa hakata dzinogadzirwa nemiti yakasarudzika kana dzichivezwa kubva mumakwati ehamba, dzine mazita akadai senhokwara, kwami, chitokwadzima nechirume, dzinorasirwa pasi n'anga ichizoverenga mavakadonhera kuti ipe mhinduro. Umwe un'anga hunobva mudzinza, humwe hunowanikwa nokutorwa nezuzu, humwe hunotengwa, uye humwewo hunobva mumashavi. N'anga inobatsira kutsanangura chikonzero chehosha kana rufu, ichijekesa kana zvabva mukutsamwa kwemudzimu, kuroyiwa kana kubatwa neshavi, uye inobatsirawo kudzivirira munhu kuti asavigwa nemweya yakaipa. N'anga dzinoripwa zvinotanga nechipeto chinonzi badza kuti dzide kunzwa nyaya, dzichizoripwa zvakakura kana murwere apora, muripo ipapo unonzi shano, unogona kuva mbudzi, mombe kana chero chinokosha.

In English

A traditional healer may heal, divine using bones, or do both, and healers come to their calling through different paths: inherited within a clan, spontaneous revelation, purchase of knowledge, or possession by a spirit.

A traditional healer, n'anga, may specialise in either healing or divination, or practise both. Diviners use divination sets carved from particular trees or from tortoise shell, bearing names such as nhokwara, kwami, chitokwadzima and chirume, which are cast on the ground and read according to how they fall to give an answer. One kind of healer inherits the calling within their clan, another receives it through a sudden, unexplained calling, another purchases the knowledge, and another receives it through possession by a guiding spirit. A healer helps explain the cause of an illness or a death, clarifying whether it stems from an offended ancestral spirit, witchcraft, or possession by a spirit, and also helps protect a person from being buried while still troubled by a harmful spirit. Healers are paid in stages, beginning with a token fee called badza simply so that they will agree to hear the case, with a larger payment following once the patient recovers, called shano, which might be a goat, a cow, or another valuable item.

Zvimwe zvechikamu ichi.

Zvipeto zven'anga (Fees for the Traditional Healer)Traditional healers were paid in stages: a token fee to open consultation, and a larger payment once the patient recovered.

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