Blending aspects of folk religion with healing charms, 'powwowing' includes a wide range of healing rituals used primarily for treating ailments in humans and livestock, as well as securing physical and spiritual protection, and good luck in everyday affairs. Powwow, also called Brauche or Braucherei in Deitsch, is a vernacular system of North American traditional medicine and folk magic originating in the culture of the Pennsylvania Dutch. ( September 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. The reason given is: Bare URLs need to be formatted into actual citations, & page numbers need to be added to the book cites. This article has an unclear citation style.
