Early Childhood Interventions Impose Western Norms and Values
Psychology Today | 30.04.2026 01:46
In Southern Madagascar, Gabriel Scheidecker observed Bara children playing. He was struck by their elaborate games. A group of 3- and 4-year-olds recreated a bilo, the possession ceremony that is a key psycho-social healing technique for this pastoralist community. One child took the role of the healer, two took the roles of those possessed by spirits, and the others sang and clapped in the distinctive rhythms used to induce the state of possession.
