These days, traditional
healers are revamping an
age-old vocation into a
glamorous one. We take
a look at how glam dlozis
heed their calling while
living their best lifeBy KATI DIJANEWE
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magine consulting a sangoma in the comfort of your own
home, via Skype, a WhatsApp video call, FaceTime, or
even Instagram DM? Better yet, imagine visiting her
in her indumba that is not only filled with the smell of
impepho (incense) but also imithi (medicine) packaged
in jars and bottles. You watch her murmur to the ancestors
while she wraps her acrylic-nail manicured hands around the
bones she uses as a means of communication and shakes them
before throwing them to the ground. Her nails aren’t the only84 |^ OCTOBER^2019 | WWW.TRUELOVE.CO.ZA