The shaman`s activeties depend closely on the ability to sweep the audience along with the power of his or her performance, witch must have its effect both on the audience and on the shaman. Shamans use many props and symbols to represent their psychic experience and to affect the experience of their clients.Magar shamans from Nepal (such as those shown here) use special costumes, feathers of powerful birds, and drums and bells to create hypnotic musical effects, as well as the poetic language of spells and prayers.The shaman is chosen by the spirits, and in the central experience of initiation is often symbolically killed by the spirits and reborn. The personality of the shaman is enhanced as a result of the experience, and this is expressed through the acquisition of the spirit helpers