Healers: Dominican Republic; Healers; Dominican "curanderos".Dominican Republic By Jackson 1 comments. The word "curandero" is drived from "curar", which means to cure or heal.[1] They are a derivation of the Haitian "Hungan" or witch doctor, Dominican style.[2] This is a widespread religious belief system that is found "underground" in much of the Dominican Republic.[3] Underground, because the believers knew that the Church frowned on the activity and so they protected themselves by naming their deities with the names of the saints in the Catholic pantheon.[4] Behind it, though, they are the African divinities brought from Dahomey.[5] There are in Santo Domingo many temples dedicated to this practice especially in the uptown barrios.[6] I have seen ceremonies in places with seven individual altars through which the spirits enter the "horses", or people who incorporate them.[7] Folks go there to be healed of ...
---Last comment Mon Mar 18 12:32:34 2013 by Doris from Kansas City:
Dominican Witch Doctors... I might suggest you go further south and seek out a South American Shaman...[1] but you need to be sure you find a good ...
---Last comment Mon Mar 18 12:32:34 2013 by Doris from Kansas City:
Dominican Witch Doctors... I might suggest you go further south and seek out a South American Shaman...[1] but you need to be sure you find a good ...