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SUMMARY:The rise in the staging of sacred intercessions by Traditional Hea
 lers on digital spaces’’
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Thandile Ntumba (none)\nUkuhlola is an exercise of i
 nquiring about one’s well-being from the ancestors through consulting a 
 traditional healer who then acts as an intermediary between the enquirer a
 nd his/her ancestors. Lately TV shows like Umoya and YFM with Lloyd Radebe
  radio programme have been broadcasting these consultation sessions. There
  has been also a significant number of Traditional healers interpreting dr
 eams and offering consultation session through social media platforms and 
 websites. This case study will explore how the practice of African traditi
 onal healing consultation has moved from being a very confidential sacred 
 spiritual practice to something aired on a public platform. The paper will
  look at the motive of putting what is understood as sacred on public plat
 forms for public consumption and entertainment. The paper will seek to exp
 lore possible reasons for this new trend from the perspective of both heal
 ers and clients. It will further interrogate the authenticity of this prac
 tice. The analysis will be from narrative interviews and participant obser
 vation. The study aims to uncover the impact of this social innovation on 
 spirituality's sustainability\, on whether these healers have overstepped 
 the boundaries that are regarded as spiritual moral values in trying to fi
 t in and keep up with the fast-paced developing society.\n\nhttps://events
 .saip.org.za/event/171/contributions/2088/
LOCATION:School of Tourism and Hospitality
URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/171/contributions/2088/
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