Indiginoy Episode 4: Similarities between the traditional healing practices of Hilot and Ngangkari healers

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Lorelei Ladiges is a Hilot practitioner, and her friend Wyarta Miller is a Ngangkari healer. Credit: Lorelei Ladiges

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Learn about the Ngangkari, their methods of healing and how they are similar with Filipino hilot practitioners.


Key Points
  • Lorelei Ladiges is a Hilot practitioner, and her friend Wyarta Miller is a Ngangkari healer.
  • There are many similarities in the practices and disciplines of the two traditional healing methods from the Philippines and the First Nations in Australia.
  • In addition to natural medicines derived from nature, some similarities include the alignment of the spirit and the body.
This series, Indiginoy, is about the lives of Indigenous Australians and Filipinos, their interactions and connections, and how they embrace the similarities and differences between the two cultures.

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