Friday, August 9, 2013

EWW EEE EWW AH AH . . . I met the Witch Doctor and this is what he said!

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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