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had to undergo many stages of initiation before they were considered
adults. Once adulthood had been reached initiation ceremonies still
continued. People
became respected elders when they had passed all the tests and had
proved that they were capable of obeying and keeping the laws. Consequently
they were given more knowledge and their status grew. The elders of
the group were the most respected and most powerful people in the
group. Only a select group of men were permitted to acquire special
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knowledge
and power to become an urngi or doctor man. He had powers that could
bring rain or droughts and other phenomenon. Many
patients have praised the extraordinary powers wielded by these doctors
for example, many people claim they cured broken limbs and banished
migraines for ever. Some people believed that mura( brown goshawk
or collared sparrowhawk) had the ability to steal children's spirit
and the urngi (doctor) could retrieve that spirit.
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