An iNtfwasa graduation Ceremony in 1972 - Day 2

Cutting the tongue

Mahlatshwa Lukhele has her tongue cut with a razor blade by LaMabuza and then smeared with “umutsi”, traditional medicine before her immersion in the river. This is done “so that she will always tell the truth” to her patients.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sun Nov 26, 1972
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