The Present Scenario
Several countries have banned this practice. But in various tribal societies like Dobu, Muduans, and others like Lardil, Arapesh, Dukun in Mozambique, Tanzania, and some other African nations, sorcery is still an inseparable part of their daily life (see Fortune 1932; West 2007; McKnight 1981 and Pilling 1962).
Forsyth (2016) has shown how sorcery has been presumed to be a part of divine power. She primarily focused on the issues of law and justice. According to Forsyth (2016), sorcery victimises innocent people and robs them of their hard-earned wealth and land, and in some cases drives them towards death. It has been advocated that this practice needs to be abolished as soon as possible. Legally a sorcerer deserves to be punished for robbery and murder (Forsyth 2016). Keshavan (1989) reported the belief that the people of Gulbarga in Karnataka were suffering from mass hysteria under the influence of sorcery (Keshavan, Narayanan & Gangadhar 1989). Eradication of the magical practices of witchcraft and sorcery has been declared to be the first priority in Jharkhand and Maharashtra. In Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Maharashtra some persons have been arrested for such magical practices. In Odisha the tribal districts like Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Gajapati, and Nuapada report more than 83% of the people still believing in sorcery. Nevertheless, the age-old practice of sorcery is still breathing life into many poor and helpless common men capitalising on their blind faith and undesirable traditions (Jain 2018).5.8
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