Svikiro is a spirit medium of the Shona people of
A Svikiro is primarily known to get possessed by ancestral spirits and will give advice based on that communication, an agent of the ancestors.
External links
* [http://upload.mcgill.ca/cdas/frommer.pdf Bodies, Capsules and Fetishes: The Transfer of Control Over Traditional Medicinal. Knowledge in Zimbabwe]
* [http://personal.centenary.edu/~sbrayfor/overholtsm.htm Spirit Mediums of among the Shona]
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