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Traditional healer
A portrait of a traditional healer, or Sangoma, in a small village in Botha-Bothe, a rural area in northeastern Lesotho. Traditional healers enjoy great prestige and power in the Basotho culture. They play an important role in health care, but also in performing various rituals. Sangomas are ascribed all sorts of magical powers, such as seeing the future and the ability to talk to ancestors.
Traditional healer
A portrait of a traditional healer, or Sangoma, in a small village in Botha-Bothe, a rural area in northeastern Lesotho. Traditional healers enjoy great prestige and power in the Basotho culture. They play an important role in health care, but also in performing various rituals. Sangomas are ascribed all sorts of magical powers, such as seeing the future and the ability to talk to ancestors.