Possessed Persons Presenting Selves in Front of Spirit Medium (K'allu) and Elders

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Date of image

1965-1966

Creator

Lewis, Herbert S.

Place

Ethiopia

Source

University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent; African Studies Collection

The state of possession is called "mwata." The possessed leap and fall in front of the spirit medium.

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