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Here you witness a ritual of traditional doctors (amagqira) in Nemato.

Day 3.

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The woman is making the beads and the goat hair as a necklace for the man. The other women are talking and singing.
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The man with glasses is also a doctor, but he is not wearing his uniform. They are prepare to go to the kraal again.
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The lady playing the drum is a also a learner. She has been to the river already. The man talks about this dreams. The meat is the right leg of the goat. It is for the man only.
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The man's niece brings a present of groceries and liquor with her club.
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Now the doctors and the learners are wearing the full traditional clothes. They make the medicine again.
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They are going to finish the ritual in the kraal. The men are waiting and watching outside.

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