SIKADURO AND BALD HEAD SLAPPING

SIKADURO AND BALD HEAD SLAPPING

Unusual video becomes viral and generates hundreds of funny local copycats in various countries

In mid-2012 a curious video appeared on the internet. Set in Africa, the scene showed a priest and his assistant performing a strange ritual on a believer. The crouched shaved head patient has his head sprinkled with some white substance. Then the patient starts to be repeatedly slapped on the head while the celebrant repeats an African mantra:

” Odi maimale “, says the healer and the patient repeats.

” Baba di memen di paton ” , complements the celebrant, his prayer being repeated by the patient.

Obviously the spelling of the mantra should not be this, but phonetically it approximates what is said.

Take a look at the unusual video:

http://youtu.be/uV2PjSVad2A

The ritual is part of the Sikaduro belief, in Ghana, Africa, and the patient’s goal in this case is to get a job and get rich. The priest belongs to the Juju cult, a sort of witchcraft or black magic that is much feared and respected in the region.

In the video, the slapping becomes increasingly violent until the patient starts crying, poor guy. At this point, according to Ghanaian citizen Quophi Aletse, the priest interrupts the session and gives a hint that the patient should not cry. And the sequence of violent slapping continues .

The video was shown on a Nigerian TV comedy program. Someone captured it and posted it on YouTube. What happened next was totally surprising: users in several countries started to copy the ritual as a joke and posted their videos on the same site, people from Turkey, China, various Arabic speaking countries, Mexico, Poland, Greece and others that I plan to add here later.

Enjoy the collection of copycats, which took me hours and hours of research. And I keep searching for new copycats. And, please, if you produce a video on the “Odi maimale. Baba di memen di paton” style, please send me the link to so that I can enrich the collection , ok?

Turkey

The first country that caught my attention was Turkey, with its numerous videos with the theme “afrikada migren tedavisi” ( African cure for migraine) .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBSmvcr0KtE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X18os7ELqo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV1Kjqb2UXw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLpgu7sc7gU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et7GEOSewWQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOjl899Ciu0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V47ibKdulmY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaYOxewihJc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQaN-n864c8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoWEECJ3JT0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W59MYdjy1H4

China

Curious about Chinese interpretations is that in almost all of them the “victim” wears a helmet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXCKAtsWQqI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lMbIe7A19I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg2g-44V-ME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc2hejl0tMM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLCwbwcdB9Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jb7GryujBg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-LuONr6iqI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXQQZfFD5xo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFIh4X5aU5Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsTVlhbkgY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-3ny6MUqOU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzZmpU4pLYg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezyJ6-JN97o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5k6GJz-yMY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOKIqNNYQ_4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MowaiS4tAq8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W43P0DDn0ws

Even the Chinese TV made a story about the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT4vmAchJ1Q

Mexico

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJNo7xuezqg

Arabic speaking countries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeswVQWh7Ns

http://youtu.be/nJRZfNdCqoA?t=1m25s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQYBWK5Q9F8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82r-LhOR_Ec

http://youtu.be/Z6Oid1wX1-Q?t=26s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcjjNYKvyYc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RuSsrwe05w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGQouUzApII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TckEHgANKYM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgZkNqdbvFI

Poland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX6y6iVbGG8

Greece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2skle9pmYI

For now this is all I have , but I am awaiting the response of some friends in Ghana to clarify what is going on in the video. And of course, I’ll keep you informed.

(Original post in Portuguese: http://goo.gl/kqVrdP )

#ghana   #ghanaian   #juju   #sikaduro  

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