Skomota Seemingly Conducts Cleansing Ceremony in a River, SA Responds: “It Has Been Long Overdue”

Skomota Seemingly Conducts Cleansing Ceremony in a River, SA Responds: “It Has Been Long Overdue”

  • Skomota is trending again after a viral video showed him conducting a suspected cleansing ceremony in a river
  • The video, shared on X, features Skomota sitting naked in the river, allegedly cleansing himself from kissing 350 women
  • Social media users had mixed reactions, with some supporting the ceremony and others criticising the public nature of the video
  • Briefly News spoke to Gogo Banda, a practising sangoma who explained the importance of traditional rituals

Controversial media personality Skomota is trending for all the wrong reasons again. The star who recently made headlines after he was spotted kissing and touching a fan seemingly conducted a cleansing ceremony in a river.

Skomota's cleansing ceremony
A video of Skomota naked in a river has gone viral online. Image: @SACelebUpdates
Source: Twitter

Video of Skomota's suspected cleansing ceremony goes viral

Another day, another Skomota scandal. The dancer who shot to fame for his Skomota dance, which became viral on TikTok, allegedly conducted a cleansing ceremony in a river.

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A video of the star sitting naked in a river was shared on the microblogging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, by a user with the handle @Am_Blujay. The post's caption read:

"Skomota washing away the spirit of all the 350 women he has kissed so far."

Speaking exclusively to Briefly News, Gogo Banda, a practising sangoma and member of ATR said that cleansing rituals have always been a part of the African culture. She added that the ceremonies help remove bad spirits. She said:

"Rituals like cleansing ceremonies are important because they help to remove negative energy and restore balance in a person's life.
"These practices have been part of our culture for generations and are essential for spiritual and emotional well-being."

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Fans react to Skomota's cleansing ceremony

As expected, social media users weighed in on the star's viral video. Some said a cleansing ceremony was long overdue, while others noted that the video should have been kept private.

@Tshebiyadira01 said:

" Mfana understands cleansing is important."

@BBK29_ commented:

"And he will go back to kissing them after this What a waste of time."

@sayit75772063 added:

"This has been long overdue. The rate was going with was absolutely not normal. Let’s hope the cleansing will work."

@CalvinHlogie said:

"It looks like every dude around Skomota is always looking for that right moment to be Vino Snap and make him trend, regardless of the dude doing rituals that were supposed to be a secret."

@ConieLangalanga noted:

"I really didn’t need to see a video of Skomota naked."

Skomota allegedly doesn’t have a bank account, SA concerned

In more entertainment news, Briefly News reported that social media users have raised concerns following the revelation that the upcoming celebrity Skomota does not have a personal bank account. Per the reports on social media, the payments for his gigs are made into someone else's account.

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.