Adherence to Abagirwa’s Shamanism and its Effects on Anthropological Status. Case Study of Mad People of Gitenga Cell, Kiyombe Sector, Nyagatare District 2016-2017
International Journal of Research in Sociology and Anthropology 2017 DOI: 10.20431/2454-8677.0301004 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Qualitative and quantitative study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Practitioners of abagirwa's shamanism in Gitenga Cell |
| Topics | Shamanism |
| Key findings | The author reports that practitioners of abagirwa's shamanism in Gitenga Cell showed high rates of alcohol abuse (80%), suicide or attempted suicide (68%), divorce (90%), clinical depression (100%), psychological distress (100%), psychoses among mad people (100%), and alienation (100%), and argues that this practice is the reason for the high presence of madness in the area. |
Abstract
This research was about the adherence to abagirwa's Shamanism and its effects on anthropological status.The main objective of this research was to find out the reason of which in Gitenga Cell are registered many mad.We ran with hypotheses according to which to practice abagirwa's shamanism should be the reason of the high presence of mad in Gitenga Cell.To make a hermeneutic and critical approach, the methods used in collection, analysis and interpretation of information are qualitative and quantitative.Findings from our respondents revealed different problems in practitioners of Abagirwa's shamanism: alcohol abuse 80%, cases of suicide or attempt to suicide 68%, incest 46%, divorce 90%, the parents who do not care about the health of their children 65%, clinical depression 100%, lack of self-control 84%, psychological distress 100%, mad people's psychoses 100%, necromancy (conjuring the dead) 45%, denial of the efficiency and effectiveness of pharmaceutical medicines 80%, alienation 100%.Suggestions for anthropological wellbeing: education to help them to change their behaviors, interventions of local and opinions leaders and to deepened traditional healing and its medicines with scientific and rigorous methods so that to avoid disappointing practices.
Comparable studies
Other qualitative studies on shamanism, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Plantas con madre": plants that teach and guide in the shamanic initiation process in the East-Central Peruvian Amazon. Curanderos, apprentices, and herbalists in East-Central Peru, including Mestizo,... | 2011 | Qualitative study | n = 36 |
| Purging and the body in the therapeutic use of ayahuasca Healers and participants in shamanic tourism contexts of the Peruvian Amazon and... | 2019 | Ethnography with literature review | n = 227 |
| The Globalization of Ayahuasca Shamanism and the Erasure of Indigenous Shamanism Western tourists and indigenous peoples in Iquitos, Peru | 2016 | Ethnography | |
| Shamanism and Rock Art in Far Western North America Historic hunter-gatherer cultures of California and the Great Basin | 1992 | Ethnographic review and analysis | |
| Working with “La Medicina”: Elements of Healing in Contemporary Ayahuasca Rituals Ayahuasqueros and Western participants in shamanic tourism in Iquitos, Peru | 2012 | Ethnography |