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A CHIGODORA woman claims she is being tormented by the spirit of her late father after she allegedly neglected him when he was on his deathbed.
It is alleged the deceased, only identified as Pangira, was deprived of food by his wife and children during his last days.
As a result, his avenging spirit has already caused the death of his wife and four of his children.
The five died in a short space of time.
It is said they all suffered from a mental illness after Pangira’s death, before dying one after the other.
Pangira’s surviving daughter, Tamari, is reportedly struggling with a mental illness.
Before his death, Pangira reportedly vowed that his wife and children would suffer for neglecting him in his hour of need.
He confided in his brother, Joseph, of the torture he was enduring at the hands of his family.
Joseph spilled the beans at Headman Chigodora’s court recently. This was after Tamari had dragged Joseph to the community court, accusing him of bewitching her.
Joseph, however, revealed that the illness was a result of his late brother’s vengeance.
“When my brother fell ill, I would buy him meat so that they could prepare a good meal for him. I would also bring him sugar and bread so that they would make him some tea, but Tamari and her mother would take the food and eat everything.
“My brother disclosed this to me on his deathbed. He told me to stop bringing him food as his family was not feeding him. He said they would enjoy sumptuous meals behind closed doors, while he suffered alone on his deathbed,” said Joseph.
The elderly man said his brother confided in him that he had cursed his family for being evil towards him and promised to revenge from his grave.
“Tamari mistreated her father and, therefore, she is reaping what she sowed. I do not know how I am involved in this issue,” he said.
However, Tamari insisted she was suffering from spiritual attacks, adding that Joseph was the mastermind. She claimed Joseph killed someone and put the dead man’s spirit on her.
“I have been trying by all means to engage my uncles to assist me in finding a solution to my mental illness but my efforts have been in vain.
“When the ailment attacks me, I remove all my clothes and walk around naked. My uncles, however, are completely ignoring me. When I was young, Uncle Joseph and other family members took me to a traditional leader and made me sit on a reed mat. That is when the dead man’s spirit was put on me.
“From that year, life has never been the same for me. I beg this court to order my uncle to help me consult traditional healers over this matter,” she said.
However, Joseph would not budge.
He said he is yet to forgive Tamari for ill-treating his late brother. Joseph also denied ever spilling someone’s blood.
“Tamari should not be economic with the truth. She abused her father and should appease his spirit,” she said.
Headman Chigodora ordered the Pangira family to consult traditional healers to ascertain the cause of Tamari’s illness. — Manica Post
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Mayor ‘marries’ alligator
A mayor in Mexico has “married” a female alligator-like creature he calls “Little Princess” in a traditional ceremony said to bring good fortune to his tribe.
Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa wed the caiman reptile, an alligatorid, called Alicia Adriana and said the pair “loved each other”.
The ceremony took place in the town of San Pedro Huamelula, where the indigenous Chontal people live in the Oaxaca state of southern Mexico.
“It is the union of two cultures. The union of the Huaves and the Chontales (indigenous communities),” mayor Sosa told reporters.
Sosa said during the ritual: “I accept responsibility because we love each other. That is what is important. You cannot have a marriage without love . . . I yield to marriage with the princess girl.”
He was pictured carrying the reptile through the town with her mouth bound shut before being passed around the villagers, who were dancing with her to celebrate the matrimony.
He was also pictured kissing the animal on the head.
Princess was wearing a green skirt, a colourful Mexican hand-embroidered tunic and a headdress of ribbons and sequins.
She is later dressed in a white bride’s costume, complete with a veil, and taken to the local town hall for the wedding.
Marriage between a man and a female caiman has taken place there for 230 years to commemorate the peace between two indigenous groups co-existing happily.
The wedding allows the sides to “link with what is the emblem of mother earth, asking the all-powerful for rain, the germination of the seed, all those things that are peace and harmony for the Chontal man,” explained Jaime Zarate, a chronicler of San Pedro Huamelula.
The seven-year-old crocodile is thought to represent a deity linked with mother earth and their marriage will bring prosperity to the community. — Wires
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