uiui Tevolo - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:40:01 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg uiui Tevolo - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Re-emergence ancient ritual causes concern in Tonga https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/11/20/re-emergence-ancient-ritual-cause-concern-in-tonga/ Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:30:31 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=36671

In Tonga, the ancient ritual of "Uiui Tevolo" which means "calling up the dead" or more literally "calling up the devil", has been regarded as something of pagan origin unacceptable to churches and Christians in general. However, in recent weeks there has been a sort of revival of this ancient ritual among some villagers in Read more

Re-emergence ancient ritual causes concern in Tonga... Read more]]> In Tonga, the ancient ritual of "Uiui Tevolo" which means "calling up the dead" or more literally "calling up the devil", has been regarded as something of pagan origin unacceptable to churches and Christians in general.

However, in recent weeks there has been a sort of revival of this ancient ritual among some villagers in Tongatapu, and even church people have been involved.

It is so serious that last week the police were called on to investigate.

The practice, which is a form of witchcraft, has been used to defame relatives and "enemies" of the practitioners.

Wizard boards, cards, palm reading, etc. have been forms used to communicate voices from the nether world.

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