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Possession ceremony of initiate
Possession ceremony of initiate (girl wearing strands of beads may involve days or months of ritual dancing and singing to beat of sacred drum until irresistible force of spirit enters girl.
Drummer intones hymn and congregation takes it up with gusto, swaying bodies as they sing. Son they are carried away with emotion and begin dancing in rhythm with the drum.
Possession ceremony of initiate
Possession ceremony of initiate (girl wearing strands of beads may involve days or months of ritual dancing and singing to beat of sacred drum until irresistible force of spirit enters girl.
Drummer intones hymn and congregation takes it up with gusto, swaying bodies as they sing. Soon they are carried away with emotion and begin dancing in rhythm with the drum.
Man goes into a trance. He has received the Spirit and begins to "speak in tongues".
At healing service, sick are called forward as others move in procession around prophet. He shuts his eyes, begins to pray; then he seizes one of the sick, shakes her and slaps her chest, calling on demon to depart.
During baptism by immersion, preacher tells woman she will drown if she has not confessed all her sins. See also item B1.12.7
During baptism by immersion. See also item B1.12.6
Another woman is led from baptismal rite. Part of a series of 3 photographs, see items B1.12.6 & B1.12.7
This Zionist pastor - head of a tiny splinter church - is preaching to his entire flock in outdoor chapel.