A Peruvian shaman carries a boa constrictor snake during a ritual of predictions for the new year at Pescadores beach in Chorrillos, Lima, Peru December 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo 

Shamans perform during the opening of Boudhanath stupa, which underwent renovation after suffering damage during the 2015 earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Duger Khomushku (R), a shaman representing the so-called Dungur society, conducts a spiritualistic session with a customer on the exorcism of evil spirits at a court yard of his residence in the town of Kyzyl, the administrative centre of the Republic of Tuva (Tyva region) in Southern Siberia, Russia November 3, 2016. The region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A witch doctor stands next to relocated stone which bears an impression that locals refer to as "Devil face", as a shrine frequented by indigenous witch doctors is cleared to expand a main highway between La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, August 24, 2016.REUTERS/David Mercado 

A witch doctor rests next to a stone which bears an impression that locals refer to as "Devil face", as a shrine frequented by indigenous witch doctors is cleared to expand a main highway between La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, August 24, 2016.REUTERS/David Mercado 

A couple of witch doctors attend a ceremony before removing a stone which bears an impression that locals refer to as "Devil face", as a shrine frequented by indigenous witch doctors is cleared to expand a main highway between La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, August 24, 2016.REUTERS/David Mercado 

Skulls are seen at the witch doctor kiosk during the day of offerings to the "Pachamama" (Mother Earth) in El Alto, Bolivia, August 1, 2016. REUTERS/David Mercado TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Anisya Mongush (L), a female shaman representing the so-called Dungur society, conducts a session to clarify and improve the relations of a customer, a local boy, with other people at her residence in the town of Kyzyl, the administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. The region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. Picture taken October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin 

A female shaman Saida Mongush conducts a medical session to cure a 9-year-old girl Norzhunmaa, who suffers from spinal curvature as a result of a patrimonial trauma, at her house in the town of Kyzyl, the administrative centre of Tuva region, Southern Siberia, Russia, October 7, 2015. The region is inhabited by Tuvans, historically cattle-herding nomads, who nowadays practise two main confessions - Buddhism and Shamanism. Picture taken October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Peruvian shamans, holding a figure of Nino Jesus (Child Jesus) and a snake, perform a ritual at the Rimac river to fight the negative effects of the Nino weather phenomena over Nature, in Lima, October 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo 

Peruvian shamans holding a figure of a Nino Jesus (Child Jesus) and a snake perform a ritual at the Rimac river to fight the negative effects of the Nino weather phenomena over Nature, in Lima, October 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Witch doctors attend a ceremony in front of the presidential palace after learning of the statement made by the International Court of Justice (CIJ), in La Paz, September 24, 2015. The International Court of Justice will continue to hear a case brought by Bolivia against Chile seeking to force its neighbour to enter negotiations to grant it unfettered access to the Pacific Ocean, the court said on Thursday. REUTERS/David Mercado 

A witch doctor attends a ceremony at Murillo Square after learning of the statement made by the International Court of Justice (CIJ), in La Paz, September 24, 2015. The International Court of Justice will continue to hear a case brought by Bolivia against Chile seeking to force its neighbour to enter negotiations to grant it unfettered access to the Pacific Ocean, the court said on Thursday. The words on her ceremonial vessel reads, "Sea for Bolivia". REUTERS/David Mercado 

A witch doctor attends a ceremony at Murillo Square after learning of the statement made by the International Court of Justice (CIJ), in La Paz, September 24, 2015. The International Court of Justice will continue to hear a case brought by Bolivia against Chile seeking to force its neighbour to enter negotiations to grant it unfettered access to the Pacific Ocean, the court said on Thursday. The words on her ceremonial vessel reads, "Sea for Bolivia". REUTERS/David Mercado 

A witch doctor is seen before a ceremony where members of the CONALCAM, the National Council for Change, presented deputies a document that was put together by supporters of Bolivia's President Evo Morales to ask for a change in the Bolivian constitution to allow Morales to access re-election as president of Bolivia for a fourth time, in La Paz, September 17, 2015. REUTERS/David Mercado 

Sweat covers the face of a shaman as he performs religious rituals during the "Janai Purnima" festival (Sacred Thread Festival) at Timal Village in Kavre, Nepal August 29, 2015. Hindus in Nepal celebrate the festival for protection and purification. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Shamans perform religious rituals during the "Janai Purnima' festival (Sacred Thread Festival) at Timal Village in Kavre, Nepal August 29, 2015. Hindus in Nepal celebrate the festival for protection and purification. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Shamans perform religious rituals during the "Janai Purnima" festival (Sacred Thread Festival) at Timal Village in Kavre, Nepal August 29, 2015. Hindus in Nepal celebrate the festival for protection and purification. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Shamans perform religious rituals during the "Janai Purnima" festival (Sacred Thread Festival) at Timal Village in Kavre, Nepal August 29, 2015. Hindus in Nepal celebrate the festival for protection and purification. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Shamans perform religious rituals during the "Janai Purnima" festival (Sacred Thread Festival) at Timal Village in Kavre, Nepal, August 29, 2015. Hindus in Nepal celebrate the festival for protection and purification. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Shamans perform religious rituals during the "Janai Purnima" festival (Sacred Thread Festival) at Timal Village in Kavre, Nepal, August 29, 2015. Hindus in Nepal celebrate the festival for protection and purification. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Shamans perform religious rituals during the "Janai Purnima" festival (Sacred Thread Festival) at Timal Village in Kavre, Nepal August 29, 2015. Hindus in Nepal celebrate the festival for protection and purification. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

The child of a member of the group of 22 people, newly settled in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, runs in front of a house, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Kolani Lamboni is silhouetted as he walks outside a goat house in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Juergen Hummes, 57, (L) speaks to Katharina, as they hold herbs in a house in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Kolani Lamboni walks in a field near the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Bastian Hummes (L) speaks to Kolani Lamboni (C) and Sven Hummes as they work inside a goat house in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Bastian Hummes (R) teaches his child to milk a goat in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Juergen Hummes, 57, plays with a shepherd dog in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Manfred, a member of the group of 22 people, newly settled in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, milks a goat, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Juergen Hummes, 57, walks oustide a house in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Members of the group of 22 people, newly settled in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, pose for a picture, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Manfred, a member of the group of 22 people, newly settled in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, walks with a herd of goats, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Members of the group of 22 people, newly settled in the village of Odrintsi, Bulgaria, walk behind their flock of goats, August 10, 2015. A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber. They are among a group of 22 people newly settled in the crumbling village of Odrintsi in southeastern Bulgaria where they live without electricity, but with 230 goats. Picture taken August 10, 2015. TO MATCH STORY BULGARIA-VILLAGE/ REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Women take a "selfie" with musicians and healers of band "Mazaher Zar" after the band performed a traditional exorcism ritual in Cairo late November 12, 2014. Egyptians dance the "Zar", a traditional dance of frenzied movements, to captivating music that has its roots in an exorcism ritual. It has been part of Egyptian culture since ancient times to dance to drive away evil spirits and negative energy. The "Zar" religious ceremony, which uses drumming and dancing to cure an illness thought to be caused by a demon, is most prominent in southern Egypt and is practiced further south into the Sudan, though it may be performed anywhere in Egypt. Picture taken November 12, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Peruvian shamans perform a ritual while holding the official ball for 2014 World Cup and a poster of Portugal's soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo at the National Stadium in Lima, June 10, 2014. The shamans are blessing the 2014 World Cup host nation Brazil and key soccer players good luck. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Ibrahim Mat Zin (back R), a local well-known "bomoh" (the Malay term for a shaman), performs a ritual to help find the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport March 12, 2014. The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 jetliner expanded on Wednesday to cover a swathe of Southeast Asia, from the South China Sea to India's territorial waters, with authorities no closer to explaining what happened to the plane or the 239 people on board. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MALAYSIA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT) 

A snake is passed over an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as shamans perform a ritual to offer predictions for the new year, at Agua Dulce beach in Lima December 30, 2013. The ritual is an end-of-the-year tradition and the shamans used the chance to ask for world peace and regional peace. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) 

A Shaman spits out a beverage while performing a ritual of predictions for the new year at Agua Dulce beach in Lima December 30, 2013. The ritual is an end-of-the-year tradition and the shamans used the chance to ask for world peace and regional peace. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A Shaman holds bunches of coca leaves, a cash crop native to western South America, while performing a ceremony of predicting the upcoming year at Agua Dulce Beach in Lima December 30, 2013. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY) 

People wait to consult Rosa Estrellani, an Aymara witchdoctor, in El Alto, outskirts of La Paz, October 29, 2013. Bolivians believe keeping the skulls of close relatives at home as a macabre talisman will bring about good luck and protection. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: RELIGION SPORT SOCCER) 

Bolivian Rosa Estrellani, an Aymara witchdoctor, lights candles at her workplace in El Alto, outskirts of La Paz, October 29, 2013. Bolivians believe keeping the skulls of close relatives at home as a macabre talisman will bring about good luck and protection. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A mother bows before religious idols that Shaman Choi Kuing-hun believes in as he looks on at his house in Seongnam, south of Seoul, August 16, 2013. Anxious parents have long sought hints from fortune-tellers about how well their children will do in school. The shamans, men and women who perform traditional religious rites, say parents asking about their children's academic and career prospects - at 50,000 to 100,000 won ($45 to $90) an hour - usually take the advice they get very seriously. Picture taken on August 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY) 

A Bolivian Aymara witchdoctor chants during a ceremony honoring "Pachamama" (Mother Earth) in La Apacheta, about 30 km (19 miles) off the outskirts of La Paz, August 1, 2013. According to Andean culture, the month of August is a time to give offerings to "Pachamama" to give thanks for their farms and health. The Aymaras use coca leaves, candies, animal fat, llama foetuses, some dried fruits, powdered minerals and alcohol during these rituals. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Bolivia women, who are witch doctors, perform a ritual in honour of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez at the Murillo square in La Paz March 8, 2013. Chavez died this week aged 58 after a two-year battle with cancer, devastating millions of mostly poor supporters who loved him for putting the country's vast oil wealth at their service, but giving hope to foes who saw him as a dictator. REUTERS/Gaston Brito (BOLIVIA - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

A shaman of Malaysia's indigenous Mah Meri tribe performs prayers on the seabed of the Malacca Straits at low tide during their "Puja Pantai", a thanksgiving ritual to appease the spirits of the seas, in the village of Pulau Carey, outside Kuala Lumpur February 14, 2013. The Mah Meri tribe, who are descendants of seafaring people who lived off the sea through fishing and trading, celebrate their new year on February 14 this year according to the lunar calendar, by making offerings to the sea. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT RELIGION) 

A witch doctor sits on Santa Barbara hill during the inauguration of the statue of the Virgin of the Socavon, the patron saint of miners, on the outskirts of Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 1, 2013. The statue measures 45 metres (148 feet) in height and stands at 3,850 meters (12,631 feet) above sea level, according to its sculptors. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CITYSCAPE) 

A witch doctor conducts a ritual with coca leaves in La Paz, January 14, 2013, as indigenous people from the Quecha and Aymara celebrate Bolivia's re-admittance to the U.N. anti-narcotics convention. Bolivia on Friday said it had been re-admitted to the U.N. anti-narcotics convention after persuading member states to recognize the right of its indigenous people to chew raw coca leaf, which is used in making cocaine. Bolivia said it automatically rejoined the convention when a deadline ran out for opposing countries to block its petition for readmission with coca chewing permitted. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY POLITICS) 

Shaman Rosa Mendoza gives a shower of flower petals to a woman during a special ritual before New Year's eve at a market in Lima December 28, 2012. Peruvians annually flock to the traditional Market of Wishes searching for lucky charms and spiritual services from Andean witch doctors in order to be blessed before New Year's eve. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Mayte Dominuez, shaman of the town of Cuisnahuat, holds up the sacred fire during a ceremony at the Maya archeological site of Tazumal in Santa Ana, about 75 km (47 miles) away from San Salvador December 21, 2012. Mystics, hippies and tourists descended on the ruins of Maya cities to mark the close of the 13th bak'tun - a period of around 400 years - and many hoped it would lead to a better era for humanity. This week, at sunrise on Friday, December 21, an era closes in the Maya Long Count calendar, an event that has been likened by different groups to the end of days, the start of a new, more spiritual age or a good reason to hang out at old Maya temples across Mexico and Central America. REUTERS/Ulises Rodriguez (EL SALVADOR - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Cuban spiritualist, fortune teller and witch Mayra performs a Santeria ritual on a beach in Havana, October 17, 2012. Mayra is a practitioner of Santeria, a fusion of religions of West African origin and Roman Catholic Christianity. It was not allowed after the 1959 revolution but was eventually tolerated and thrives even up to today. Apart from being widely popular in Cuba, Santeria has also spread to the United States and other nearby countries. Picture taken October 17, 2012. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Cuban spiritualist, fortune teller and witch Mayra (R) enters a trance with help from her husband as she performs a Santeria ritual in her home in Havana, October 9, 2012. Mayra is a practitioner of Santeria, a fusion of religions of West African origin and Roman Catholic Christianity. It was not allowed after the 1959 revolution but was eventually tolerated and thrives even up to today. Apart from being widely popular in Cuba, Santeria has also spread to the United States and other nearby countries. Picture taken October 9, 2012. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A shaman holds coca leaves in his mouth next to a picture of U.S. President Barack Obama during a ritual to predict the winner in the upcoming U.S. elections at San Cristobal hill in Lima November 5, 2012. The shamans prognosticated that Obama will succeed. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

John Dimo, a traditional witch-doctor, walks out of his mud-hut before performing an ancient rite with mystical artifacts to predict the outcome of the U.S. elections in Kogelo village, Nyangoma Kogelo, 430 km (367 miles) west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, November 5, 2012. Kogelo is the ancestral home of U.S. President Barack Obama. Dimo, about 115-years-old, says he knew Obama's father who was buried in the village in 1982. The former army officer says he inherited his trade as a witch-doctor from his father in 1962 and is certain his rite will help favour Obama in the U.S. elections. Four years ago, Kogelo, and Africa in general, celebrated with noisy gusto when Obama, whose father came from the scattered hamlet of tin-roofed homes, became the first African-American to be elected president of the United States. Looking across the Atlantic to the November 6 presidential election, the continent is cooler now towards the "son of Africa" who is seeking a second term. There are questions too whether his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, will have more to offer to sub-Saharan Africa if he wins the White House. To match Analysis AFRICA-USA/ELECTION REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYASOCIETY ELECTION - Tags: SOCIETY ELECTIONS POLITICS USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION) 

Witch doctors bless votive and miniature objects, traditionally purchased by pilgrims for good fortune, on the mountain peak of The Calvary during the annual pilgrimage in tribute to the Virgin of Copacabana, near the shores of Titicaca lake in Copacabana, some 160 km (99 miles) north of La Paz August 6, 2012. Many pilgrims from Bolivia and Peru believe that by carrying miniature objects to be blessed at the peak they will receive them in real life in the coming year. Copacabana city is seen in the background. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Bolivian women and a witch doctor participate in an offering to "Pachamama" (Mother Earth) in La Cumbre, some 30 km (19 miles) on the outskirts of La Paz August 1, 2012. According to Andean culture, the month of August is a time to give offerings to "Pachamama" to give thanks for their farms and health. The Aymaras use coca leaves, candies, animal fat, llama fetuses, some dried fruits, powdered minerals and alcohol during these rituals. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A Surinamese Arawak member of the new governing council of his village (L) is inaugurated by a shaman through an ant trial during a ceremony in Matta-Kurupa village in the Para district February 11, 2012. After seven years, the Arawaks of Matta-Kurupa elected a new board with Michel Karwafodi as the leader, and re-introduced the ant trial ritual where leaders have to suffer the pain of ant bites as their inauguration. Picture taken February 11. REUTERS/Ranu Abhelakh (SURINAME - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Maitre Azaelis, a spiritual medium, prepares a mock soccer stadium with mystical effigies inside his shrine, which according to him guide and protect the Gabon national soccer team, in the capital Libreville January 30, 2012. Gabon will play against Tunisia in their final African Cup of Nations Group C match in Franceville on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (GABON - Tags: SPORT SOCCER RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A Bolivian Indian witchdoctor blesses miniature objects during the traditional Alasitas fair in front of the congress building in La Paz January 24, 2012. During the Alasitas festival, Bolivians buy miniature versions of goods they would like to own at the fair, with the hope of acquiring them in real life during the year. REUTERS/Gaston Brito (BOLIVIA - Tags: SOCIETY)