Terminology
"Shaman" is a term which originated in Siberia. However, "shamanism" is often used by anthropologists as a general term to describe any cultural practice that involves vision-seeking and communication with the spirits, no matter how diverse the cultures included in this generalisation. Native Americans or First Nations spiritual people use terms in their own languages to describe their traditions; their spiritual teachers, leaders or elders are not called "shamans". Geary Hobson sees the New Age use of the term shamanism as a cultural appropriation of Native American culture by "white" people who have distanced themselves from their own history.
In Nepal, the term Chicken Shaman is used.
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