PHOTO OF THE DAY October 27, 2005  

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Where KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
When 2000
Photographer Chris Johns

"Graduation dances and a beach bonfire celebrate the training of new izangoma in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal. Part spirit medium, part herbalist, izangoma gather plant and animal materials to use in rituals against sickness and bad luck. Some izangoma now work with conservationists to limit the impact of such collecting on threatened species."

—From "Without Borders: Uniting Africa's Wildlife Reserves," September 2001, National Geographic magazine


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