Escapy - 2017 - The Beats 2 - Digital Issue

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Not long later things took to a slightly violent turn.
Someone then reassured us that as long as we
do not go into the circle we will be okay. The shaman
had created an unseen fence in front of us
surrounding the dancers and the spirits ensuring
that the spirits will not be able to cross over it. Feeling
reassured we continue watching the show while
some of us went around shooting photos.
If you are thinking that nothing worse could possibly
happen, well, wrong. Suddenly the shaman
who was trying to contain the spirits by removing
them from some of the possessed who have gone
a little too weird, gave out a scream too. Just what
we needed. The one who is supposedly in control
is now himself possessed and in a trance.
Now, dancers in their animalistic personalities started
breaking out of the circle and they started “running”
up trees. Two of them actually; one a tiger and
the other; a bird (the shaman). There goes the assurance
of the unseen safety fence. I quickly shot
as many photos as I could from below taking precaution
just in case they started throwing coconuts
at us.