“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
• Briefly News spoke with Mkhulu Thobile about ubungoma practise

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.

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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.

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:

Concerns over ubungoma

Briefly News spoke with Mkhulu Thobile, a traditional healer from Cape Town, about ubungoma practising abroad, who said:

"I find it difficult to believe that one can initiate people from other continents into the traditional healing practice as it is complex."

"Which clan names would they use to connect with ancestors?"

"People should not push their own agendas and claim they are practising ubungoma as that affects our credibility. That is why some people don't take the practice and our gifts seriously."

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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."

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The amusing video gained a lot of comments from social media users who promised to try the trick.

Source: Briefly News