Foreign Correspondent

Season 17, Episode 11

Episode Title: Children of Zanskar

Air Date: 2009-04-07

Overview:

When people in remote villages in Zanskar get sick, chances are they’ll turn to the “Oracle”. The Oracle is a faith healer who goes into a trance so a Tibetan spirit can take over and dispense medical advice. It’s all part of a complex system of folk healing that has spread to this isolated district in north-west India, from neighbouring Tibet.