From Plato - A person buys a plain wooden statue. The statue itself has no power but with the help of a diviner, the person adds things to the statue to give it power. The diviner may ask the person to paint the statue, hang pieces of cloth on it, attach charms to it, or drive nails into it. The statue gains power with each addition because each addition symbolizes an offered prayer. People or communities use nkisi to solve problems, such as answering a question, settling a dispute, or promoting a favorable outcome.
A comedy is a form of play that has a happy and playful ending and a tragedy is a play where there is a fall in main characters or events that is disturbing.
While a mystery play is a form of drama based on the biblical events, and the miracle is a type of religious drama that is related to the life of the saints and martyrs of the middle ages.
The morality play is a form of drama that consists of the used popular legends in order to teach some morals through the allegory.
