“That Is Why the World Is Becoming Poor”: Man Practices Ubungoma in America With Natives, SA Baffled
- A Shona TikTok user had the online community confused after sharing a video of her and her American sangoma-initiated
- The video had people asking many questions on the lady's social media feed, as being a traditional healer in the US was a foreign thing to them
- Social media users took to the lady's feed to express themselves, while others were happy to hear the Shona song sung by the group
Source: TikTok
Ubungoma is a gift/calling one receives through their ancestors and is practised in many parts of our continent. One Shona sangoma shared a video of his trip with American sangomas in their country.
The video was shared on the traditional healer's TikTok page under the user handle @gogo_khanyakude and gained many views.
The long walk to the bushes
The video shared by the social media user shows a group of sangomas walking in a row with their backpacks, wearing their traditional gear, singing and going into the bush.
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The sangoma captured his video:
"Sangoma journey will take you places. When I first got the message about healing in the middle passage, who would have thought it looked like this?"
Watch the video below:
Social media users express their confusion
The video left the online community divided; others were unsure of what was going on as they didn't anticipate seeing Saangomas in America, while others were just happy to hear the Shona language:
User @Abbie said:
"That is why the world is becoming poor."
User @K O N D I L E G A N D O asked:
"So, all of them don’t have African homes to come back to?"
User @ofentsenkoana780 asked:
"Is it allowed to dig herbs and cut off barks of trees in USA?"
User @masiziba#blessed commented:
"Southen Africa is so connected spiritually, that's a ndawe spirit is too much in South Africa."
User @Uxolo Nethemba said:
"😂 nixakile, seniyothwasisa amaMelika ngoku, (you guys are now having American initiates)."
User @Sir added:
"Definitely Zimbabwe, Shona people. South Africans don't do this in other foreign countries."
Local woman dresses as sangoma to avoid being robbed
In another Briefly News article, a TikTok user left the online community in stitches after sharing a video of herself wearing Sangoma clothes to avoid being robbed.
The amusing video gained a lot of comments from social media users who promised to try the trick.
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