The mysterious modern world of Roma witchcraft
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Photographer Lucia Sekerkova was researching Romania for a potential study abroad year when she discovered a video of a Rodica and her Roma witch business. Fascinated by this strange world of modern mysticism, the photographer set about hunting down the boldest and most famous Roma women for a photography project called Vrajitoare (“enchantress” or “witch” in English). However,... Read more »

Cool article about some Roma women in Romania who are very successful in fortune telling. This article doesn't even get into it all, but this group of women is very well known and respected. Also fun to show people because I know people tend to say "oh Roma arent witches thats a racist stereotype" but well some of us are.

Also a snippet from this article: "Sometimes, the witches' endeavors extend beyond the personal: In 2019, Minca cast a spell against political corruption in her country by dumping black liquor outside a Romanian government building. The next day, the state issued a final sentencing for Social Democratic Party leader Liviu Dragnea, who'd used his own power to create fake jobs and appealed prior convictions."