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Shamanism and Witchcraft
They believe that every unnatural death must be the work of a witch. Singai Tribe, the head of Tais village, was once a witch.
The tombstone of a child thought to have died from magic.
The Morehead area in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province, which borders Indonesia, is famous for its tribal wars, headhunting in the past, and its witchcraft. Belief in witchcraft is still predominant.
At the tip of Tais village, in the village cemetery complex, I found the broken, grass-covered tombstone of Pali Abai. Pali was a little girl who died at the age of 5, while swimming in a pond in the west of the village. She was not sick, nor were there any bite marks. She did not drown either. Pali was found dead with a broken neck.