Op my onlangse trip deur Namibie het ek hierdie ondervinding op Epupa gehad.
Op n Vrydagmiddag word ek hartlik ontvang deur n paar mededogs(Skywalker&kie) wat amper hul moer af gesukkel het die vorige 2 dae tussen Swartbooisdrif en Epupa.Ek moet self n reparasies doen,maar kort voor lank knak ons n kouetjie en word groot vrinne.Vroeg Saterdagmore vertek hulle en ek pak ook op.Gaan groet net eers vir Sarel en Nettie wat langs ons kamp.En toe verander my dag,en waarskynlik my lewe,en ek bly nog n dag.
Koos ,an old recce ,and owner of Camp Epupa, invited me,Sarel and Nettie to accumpany him to a Himba kraal on the Okangwati road to witness something special.
There was this Himba woman, Ndjina,which was tied to a tree for 20 years because she was possessed with a demon, according to her tribe.She is the sister of the chief Kapika.Kapika belief that if he let her kill,the evil spirit will be bestowed on him.So they concidered throwing her into a snakepit ,that the evel spirit can go into the snakes.Fortunately, at this point, Koos and his friend Berrie,diagnosed her as an Altzheimers patient and the tried to rescue her.They had her cleaned,dressed her and appointed two permanent carers for her.She receives no medidication and calmed down to a point that they can handle her.Previously she was so aggressive that she strangled animals.During our visit,she was sitting in the corner of her tent talking non stop of things way back.
Koos told us that she is only one of simelar cases in Kaokoland that suffers the same feat.They are now trying to build a centre in that area to care for these cases.If anybody want more information,contact Koos at:[email protected]
Hierdie was maar n deel van my solo ride deur Namibie.As ek eers alles verteer het,sit ek dit op n RR.
Op n Vrydagmiddag word ek hartlik ontvang deur n paar mededogs(Skywalker&kie) wat amper hul moer af gesukkel het die vorige 2 dae tussen Swartbooisdrif en Epupa.Ek moet self n reparasies doen,maar kort voor lank knak ons n kouetjie en word groot vrinne.Vroeg Saterdagmore vertek hulle en ek pak ook op.Gaan groet net eers vir Sarel en Nettie wat langs ons kamp.En toe verander my dag,en waarskynlik my lewe,en ek bly nog n dag.
Koos ,an old recce ,and owner of Camp Epupa, invited me,Sarel and Nettie to accumpany him to a Himba kraal on the Okangwati road to witness something special.
There was this Himba woman, Ndjina,which was tied to a tree for 20 years because she was possessed with a demon, according to her tribe.She is the sister of the chief Kapika.Kapika belief that if he let her kill,the evil spirit will be bestowed on him.So they concidered throwing her into a snakepit ,that the evel spirit can go into the snakes.Fortunately, at this point, Koos and his friend Berrie,diagnosed her as an Altzheimers patient and the tried to rescue her.They had her cleaned,dressed her and appointed two permanent carers for her.She receives no medidication and calmed down to a point that they can handle her.Previously she was so aggressive that she strangled animals.During our visit,she was sitting in the corner of her tent talking non stop of things way back.
Koos told us that she is only one of simelar cases in Kaokoland that suffers the same feat.They are now trying to build a centre in that area to care for these cases.If anybody want more information,contact Koos at:[email protected]
Hierdie was maar n deel van my solo ride deur Namibie.As ek eers alles verteer het,sit ek dit op n RR.
