An interesting article that speaks of beliefs in Peru, too. Like most small villages in Senegal, this is a place where spirits and invisible forces are more powerful than the material and science. An illness might be caused by thiat — evil tongue; a marital spat the result of a dark spell; the loss of money from the evil eye. Everyone wears gris gris — amulets fashioned by spiritual leaders to protect them against unseeable evil. As Senegalese scholar Ibrahima Sow points out in his book Maraboutage In Senegal, the country might be officially 95 per cent Muslim, but it is an Islam heavily mixed with animist beliefs and practices.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 02:02:54 +0000
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