LTEA 142 Chapter 4: The Shaman Painting
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A crowd of village women are watching a shaman dance for someone who died. His deaf daughter painted the painting for his grandfather. Shaman (mohwa) who lived with her daughter nangi. Very isolated fro(cid:373) the outside, o(cid:374)ly (cid:448)isits (cid:449)ere fro(cid:373) na(cid:374)gi"s father a(cid:374)d ugi. Na(cid:374)gi (cid:449)as a(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:272)ar(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of the sea ki(cid:374)gdo(cid:373)"s flo(cid:449)er spirit. Ugi (cid:449)as moh(cid:449)a"s so(cid:374) fro(cid:373) a(cid:374)other (cid:373)a(cid:374), (cid:271)efore the spirit took o(cid:448)er her. God is the o(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho (cid:373)ade us. A(cid:374)d it"s (cid:374)ot o(cid:374)ly us he (cid:373)ade, he (cid:373)ade e(cid:448)erythi(cid:374)g o(cid:374) the earth a(cid:374)d i(cid:374) the sky. A(cid:374)d (cid:449)e retur(cid:374) to hi(cid:373) (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)e die. Moh(cid:449)a (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept it (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause christia(cid:374)ity is a (cid:374)e(cid:449) religio(cid:374) Ugi says that what mohwa is doing is a sin, because only jesus can heal people. Mohwa then prays to the spirits and performs an exorcism on ugi. Ugi leaves and looks for other christians. Mohwa and nangi were sad to see him go, and slumped in the corner.
