Indigenous Conversations: How traditional Aboriginal healing is filling the gaps of Western medicine

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Ngangkari photo_ANTAC Source: Ngangkari photo_ANTAC

For 60,000 years, traditional Aboriginal healers or ngankari (pronounced as nun-ka-ri) have treated patients using a set of ancient medical knowledge system passed down from generations. Today, the 21st century ngankaris are being reintroduced into the health system to treat ailments Western medicine cannot cure. SBS Pashto program has the story.



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