Svikiro
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Svikiro is a spirit medium of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.
A Svikiro is primarily known to get possessed by ancestral spirits and will give advice based on that communication, an agent of the ancestors.[1]
The word comes from the verb kusvika meaning 'to arrive at or reach a place'.[1]
References
External links
- Bodies, Capsules and Fetishes: The Transfer of Control Over Traditional Medicinal. Knowledge in Zimbabwe
- Spirit Mediums of among the Shona
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