LIMA — With incense smoke, flowers and photos of President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden, Peruvian shamans performed an ancestral ritual on Wednesday for the US elections, but there was little agreement about who would win the Nov. 3 ballot. During the ritual, the shamans, dressed in Andean ponchos and cloaks, rubbed medicinal plants, fruits and even a live snake on photos of Democratic candidate Biden and Republican Trump. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Wednesday, Biden leads Trump nationally among likely US voters by 9 percentage points, with 50 percent of likely voters planning to cast ballots for Biden while 41 percent were doing the same for Trump. ‘Good vibes, good energies’“Good energies to Mr. Donald Trump,” said the master shaman Pablo Torres, carrying the snake on one of his shoulders after squirting a strange liquid from his mouth onto the image of Trump. Because he is deserving, he needs good energies, good vibes from his followers,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 18, 2020 20:02 UTC