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Shaman Shin Joong-In performs a ritual in which offerings are made to spirits at a shamanic centre in Yangju, north of Seoul on November 8, 2016. As if South Korea's scandal-hit president Park Geun-Hye didn't have enough to worry about with single-digit approval ratings and massive protests, she now has thousands of very disgruntled shamans on her case. Practitioners of the centuries-old spiritual tradition are furious that their reputation has been tainted by association with the corruption scandal involving a close friend of the president, Choi Soon-Sil. “We are so angry. She made all of us look like corrupt charlatans”, said Lee Won-Bok, head of the national association, Shaman Korea. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)
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