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ght months. She had been placed on some herbal trea

o his hut for proper spirit cleansing. According to him, she had been afflicted by

. She had witnessed a cleansing exercise before in her life; she was young, about 4 or 5, and Usiza; the village wizard was

children who were born on the first mark

yone had an expectation he would. The boy had lived until his teen days and till then, no symptom was found on him

ted that the boy should be cleansed. The spirits were wiser and no pranks could be

nd, no smokes were rising from the fire places within the palace huts, ev

ly by the spirits of his ancestors. But, what could he do? he was a mere mortal whose d

ing had not been carried out within the shores of the community

ch. They pitied their king and wished it had not happened during his reign. He was a good king, who had mobi

ing against the gods and leading young people and indeed all who believed in what they propagated

very respect he enjoyed. Why then was his on

earing a white skirt around their waist. The girls were covered i

in the mouth and carried clay

ifferent assignment. The sight of them only meant that the gods were

holes of their mother's huts and o

t looked like a monkey, although many have disagreed and said it was the skull of the wizard, he killed to pass his wizardry training. Tales has it tha

ieved to not have been able to perform th

erful wizard, whose fame had spre