Stories of Suruhanas

“The old-timers, they had their own way,” Dave explains. “And there’s a saying that you can speak to the spirit of the deceased. That’s what I learned from when I was young. So I still respect as part of my culture.
“My mom was a suruhana. She could heal people just by praying. Some sick people are being attacked by ghosts or spirits. My mom used to heal them. They’d come to our house. I remember seeing a person being taken into our house, and she was very weird like she was trying to fight back.
"But when my mother applied the power of the suruhana, the spirit or ghost eventually separated from that person."

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