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Updated: May 14, 2025
But there are not many who have the Umabakula." Dr. Callaway's informant only knew two Umabakulists, John was quite satisfied, paid his shilling, and went home. The sticks are about a foot long. It is not reported that they are moved by spirits, nor do they seem to be regarded as fetishes. Mr. Tylor also cites a form of the familiar pendulum experiment.
He tried a medium named Unomantshintshi, who divined by Umabakula, or dancing sticks 'If they say "no," they fall suddenly; if they say "yes," they arise and jump about very much, and leap on the person who has come to inquire. They "fix themselves on the place where the sick man is affected; ... if the head, they leap on his head.... Many believe in Umabakula more than in the diviner.
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