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Old Belief
← Mangkukulam
Torn strip of white cloth, a steel needle, three thin bamboo sticks and a spool of black thread laid out in a row on a woven mat

pins and thread

The objects in the accounts are ordinary household things. Nothing about the material of this belief is exotic, which is part of why anyone could be accused.

Basis: Described cursing practice · AI-generated

More of this creature

Small thatched bamboo house on wooden posts standing alone in rough grass in daylight, the tin and tile roofs of the village some distance off to one sidethe house at the edge →Small bowl of fine salt, three bulbs of garlic tied together and a steel kitchen knife lying on a scrubbed pale wooden table, salt spilled across the boardsthe counter charm →