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Jimar's vocabulary and hints for witch doctors

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Post  Jimar Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:14 pm

Jimar’s crazy sayings
More than a few people have asked me to explain a word or two that Jimar seems to use fairly regularly. Please bear in mind that I have based Jimar’s character concept on the more traditional African voodoo more than it’s South American cousin.
I Hope this helps OOC wise.

Mumbo Jumbo
Basically meaning complete rubbish or a mix up of things. Jimar may use this when someone is not making sense or when he’s trying to solve some sort of riddle.

Muti
In real life it is an African witch doctor word for traditional medicine, normally consisting of herbs, animal and human body parts.
Jimar would use this to describe his own unique medicines.

Tokoloshe
In real life a tokoloshe is a small mythical creature/spirit that African witch doctors use to do their bidding. A Tokoloshe is sometimes called upon by people to cause trouble for others, and a witch doctor may be called to banish him.
For more info on this please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikoloshe
Jimar has had dealings with this creature on many occations.

“Da Pretties”
Basically, he talking about good looking females.

Mojo
The stuff of life - traces its origins to Congo, Africa (meaning "soul" or "life-force")
Jimar would use it to describe how you react to something or what makes you act the way you do.

Voodoo
I don’t think I need to explain this – The Black Magic.

“Da Dolla”
A Voodoo Doll – basically it is used to represent the spirit of a specific person. You can address the doll as if you are talking to that person, requesting a change in attitude, influencing the person to act in accordance with your wishes, your desires. Or cause them pain by physically and verbally abusing it.

“Da swimmies” / “Da Flappies”
Jimar normally uses silly terminology for things, not because of a lack of intelligence, but because he enjoys being seen as different.
Da Swimmies – fish
Da flappies – birds
And so forth…

Rock flower

As we all know Jimar is fond of narcotics that effect the mind, Rock flower is his own special brand that was mixed and created by his mentor and the secret passed down to him once he died.
Rock flower can be smoked – much like today’s crack.
Jimar also collects Blood thistle to sell (Since it doesn’t affect him much) and also shimmerweed.



More to follow soon…
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Post  Jimar Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:17 am

((A read that any other witch doctor players may be interested in. This has been taken from wikipedia. A songoma is the african word for witch doctor))

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"Sangomas are the traditional healers in the Zulu, Swazi, Xhosa and Ndebele traditions in southern Africa. They perform a holistic and symbolic form of healing, embedded in the beliefs of their culture that ancestors in the afterlife guide and protect the living. Sangomas are called to heal, and through them ancestors from the spirit world can give instruction and advice to heal illness, social disharmony and spiritual difficulties.

Sangomas have many different social and political roles in the community: divination, healing, directing rituals, finding lost cattle, protecting warriors, counteracting witches, and narrating the history, cosmology, and myths of their tradition. They are highly revered and respected in their society, where illness is thought to be caused by witchcraft, pollution (contact with impure objects or occurrences) or by the ancestors themselves, either malevolently, or through neglect if they are not respected, or to show an individual her calling to be a Sangoma. For harmony between the living and the dead, vital for a trouble-free life, the ancestors must be shown respect through ritual and animal sacrifice.

A Sangoma is called to heal by an initiation illness, often psychosis, headache, intractable stomach pain, shoulder or neck complaints. She will undergo Thwasa, a period of training including learning humility to the ancestors, purification through steaming, washing in the blood of sacrificed animals, and the use of Muti, medicines with spiritual significance. At the end of Thwasa, a goat is sacrificed to call to the ancestors and appease them.

Sangomas are steeped in ritual. They work in a sacred healing hut or Ndumba, where their ancestors reside. They have specific coloured cloths to wear to please each ancestor, and often wear the gallbladder of the goat sacrificed at their graduation ceremony in their hair. They summon the ancestors by burning a plant called Imphepho, dancing, chanting, and most importantly playing drums.

Sangomas are able to access advice and guidance from the ancestors for their patients in three ways: possession by an ancestor, or channelling; throwing bones; and interpreting dreams. In possession states the Sangoma works herself into a trance, through drumming, dancing and chanting, and allows her ego to step aside so an ancestor possesses her body and communicates directly with the patient, providing specific information about his problems. It can be very dramatic, with the Sangoma speaking in tongues, or foreign languages according to the specific ancestor, or dancing fervently beyond her normal ability.

Accessing the ancestors' advice through the bones is an alternative to the exhausting possession states. The Sangoma possesses a collection of small bones and other small objects like seeds, shells etc, each with a specific significance to human life. For example a hyena bone signifies a thief and will provide information about stolen objects. The Sangoma or the patient throws the bones but the ancestors control how they lie, and the Sangoma then interprets this metaphor in relation to the patient's life. In the same way, Sangomas will interpret the metaphors present in dreams, either their own or patients'.

Sangomas will give their patients Muti, medications of plant and animal origin imbued with spiritual significance, often with powerful symbolism - lion fat is given to promote courage. There are medicines for everything from physical and mental illness, social disharmony and spiritual difficulties to potions for love and luck. Muti can be drunk, smoked, inhaled, used for washing, smeared on the body, given as enemas, or rubbed into an incision.

Sangomas function as the social workers and psychologists in their community. They know the local dynamics and can counsel appropriately with this background knowledge.[1]

The formal health sector has shown continued interest in the role of sangomas and the efficacy of their herbal remedies. Western-style scientists continue to study the ingredients of traditional medicines in use by sangomas. Public health specialists are now enlisting sangomas in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS.[2] In the past decade, the role of all types of traditional healers have become important in the fighting the impact of the virus and treating people infected with the virus before they advance to a point where they require (or can obtain) anti-retroviral drugs.

Sangomas far outnumber western-style doctors in Southern Africa, and are consulted first (or exclusively) by approximately 80% of the indigenous population. Whilst for many they provide the healing needed, there are some causes for concern. Charlatans who haven't undergone Thwasa charge exorbitant prices for fraudulent service, and not all countries in southern Africa have effective regulatory bodies to prevent this practice. Some Sangomas have been known to abuse the charismatic power they have over their patients by sexually assaulting them, sometimes dressed up as ritual. Repeated use of the same razor blade to make incisions for Muti carries HIV transmission risks in regions where the disease is rife. Western-style doctors have seen a number of cases of patients with serious gastrointestinal problems through the use of Muti, especially in enema form, and have even coined the phrase "ritual enema induced colitis". Zulu children may have up to three enemas a week."
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Post  Gul'Zayne Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:18 pm

((I wonder what a tokoloshi would look like if it were in WoW...))
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Post  Jimar Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:08 am

((ever been into RFC?))
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