Foreign Correspondent

Children of Zanskar

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S17 • E11    Apr 7, 2009    30m
When people in remote villages in Zanskar get sick, chances are they’ll turn to the “Oracle”. The Oracle is a faith healer who goes into a trance so a Tibetan spirit can take over and dispense medical advice.

It’s all part of a complex system of folk healing that has spread to this isolated district in north-west India, from neighbouring Tibet.

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