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What are the consequences of breaking taboos in traditional African society?

What are the consequences of breaking taboos in traditional African society?

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HOSEA
Consequences of breaking taboos in Traditional African Societies;
1.One as excommunicated from the society.
2.One could be fined of flogged in public.
3.It led to bareness.
4.It led to deaths.
5.It led to birthing of abnormal babies like those who are mentally retarded or blind.
6.It led to occurrence of disasters like drought, famine, flooding and diseases outbreak.
7.It led to defeat during wars and raids.
8.One was denied participation in community activities.
9.Offering compensation
10.Making sacrifices to appease the ancestors/ God/ Spirit
11.Being cursed/ mysterious happenings

HOSEA KIPYEGON answered the question on June 21, 2018 at 11:41

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