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Definition of dukun in English: dukunnoun ˈduːkʌn SE Asian A traditional healer believed to have spiritual and occult powers; a shaman. Example sentencesExamples - Before 1998, being a dukun was a part-time occupation.
- Now that particular evening I was visiting the local dukun (shaman).
- In Indonesia there are dukun (witch doctors) and orang pintar, with dukun more associated with black magic, while orang pintar heal the sick.
- Working from home, or in primitive premises, dukun often induce abortions using herb-based drinks followed by vigorous massage.
- When this occurs, the paraji shows an aspect of her ability as a dukun by conducting an exorcism.
- A woman breast-feeding her young child outside smiles toward the camera, and inside another house a dukun seems suspended in mid-air, surrounded by enthralled onlookers.
- Javanese curers called dukun deal with a variety of illnesses of physical, emotional, and spiritual origin through combinations of herbal and magical means.
- ‘I know he dresses like a dukun and fools around with black magic,’ he says twisting a finger on his forehead.
- It is obsessed with murderous witchhunts - in the late 1990s, many dukuns, traditional healers and magicians, were mysteriously killed in Eastern Java.
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