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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Swazi Culture

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Swazi Culture

Swazi culture
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They believe in healers

Many Swazi people believe in traditional healers called a Sangoma that were chosen by the ancestors for a certain family. These healers must go through a training program called kwetfwasa where the healer learns the arts of healing. Part of the process of healing includes a trance like dance with natural powers that is supposed to diagnose the sick.