THE black mamba that bit a 22-year-old Nyau dancer in Chipangali district has been taken to Chiparamba Police post.
Josphat Lungu died on Wednesday after being biten by a black mamba while playing with it at Dambwe (shrine).
Dambwe is a secret place mainly located at the graveyard where young men are initiated into Nyau dancers also known as Gule Wamkulu and where materials for the masquerades are kept.
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Idiots.
Nyau dancer mwapaisa mufana just 22 yrs old.
Abandon these backward valueless cultures.