Today, we were sent on
a scavenger hunt all over Lilongwe, Malawi.
Well, this fun hunt included stopping in front of the prison, meeting
the “Watch Doctor”, Going in the market, across the “troll bridge”, and meeting
the famous witch doctor.
There are actually
many witch doctors that have “medicines” set up outside of the bus
terminals. Here they have rocks, sticks,
potions, and some other unusual things set up.
You just go to them and tell them what is wrong with you and they will
prescribe something for you.
The witch doctor I met
was rather nice. He had a pile of sticks
and rocks, and told us what several things meant. Here are some of them . . .
1)
A STICK-
you rub it down the middle of your skull and it should relieve your headaches
2)
A brown
liquid with sticks floating in a bottle- it is suppose to be very helpful for
male hormones
3)
A
porcupine skin- if you carry this with you it is suppose to protect you from
armed bandits
While my team did not
buy and of these things, we did manage to get a picture with this man and to
ultimately win the race! Here is the
doctor:
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