Zulu Healing Chants: Meditation Music

Acoustic Nirvana presents Zulu Healing Chants, Meditation Music.

In Zululand, the Sangoma is a practitioner of folk medicine and counselling in traditional Zulu societies.

The Sangoma philosophy is based on a belief in spirits, and have equal representation between men and women. They may be consulted for issues of health, love, travel, or business. They are also often used to reveal information about a crime. The sangoma performs a first-world function similar to counsellor.

For a Zulu Sangoma there is a long student period, similar to many religions, with an emphasis on service. After a few years of training they are initiated in a weekend ceremony to which we are welcome.

Zulu people believe in ancestors and in traditional healing. They believe that the divine healer, sangoma, has supernatural powers of communicating with the ancestral spirits on their behalf. Sangomas play a significant role among the Zulu nation and are assigned very powerful status among the society. Usually it is women who take up this profession.

Sangomas predict the present and the future of the people who come to seek help from them. Sometimes they are even expected to find stolen goods. They throw and read bones to determine the future. Sangomas generally work alone and sometimes they work in conjunction with medicine men (inyanga).