DAR ES SALAAM - A traditional medicine man in Tanzania drowned after jumping in a river and promising to resurface three days later with revalations from ancestral spirits, police said Tuesday.
The local witch doctor, named as Nyasio Alfonso, staged his ill-fated stunt last week at the village of Masingo in the western Mpanda district near Lake Tanganyika, Rukwa regional police commander Daudi Siadi told AFP.
Dozens of villagers chanted and drummed as the fortune-teller dived to confer with the riverine spirits, he said. Full Story - Discover Magazine - Now Cigarettes - Bachelorette
The local witch doctor, named as Nyasio Alfonso, staged his ill-fated stunt last week at the village of Masingo in the western Mpanda district near Lake Tanganyika, Rukwa regional police commander Daudi Siadi told AFP.
Dozens of villagers chanted and drummed as the fortune-teller dived to confer with the riverine spirits, he said. Full Story - Discover Magazine - Now Cigarettes - Bachelorette
