Accommodating the Spirit Amongst Some North-eastern Shona Tribes |
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... sekuru or a muzukuru might , on behalf of the deceased's family , supervise and direct the bona ritual . Normally , however , it is either the deceased's father's sister's son or his sister's son who fulfils this function as senior ...
... sekuru or a muzukuru might , on behalf of the deceased's family , supervise and direct the bona ritual . Normally , however , it is either the deceased's father's sister's son or his sister's son who fulfils this function as senior ...
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... sekuru's spirit is conceived on similar lines as organic procreation . The sekuru does not , therefore , lose his own spirit after entering his muzukuru , and one such ancestral spirit can beget several grandchildren's spirits.59 The ...
... sekuru's spirit is conceived on similar lines as organic procreation . The sekuru does not , therefore , lose his own spirit after entering his muzukuru , and one such ancestral spirit can beget several grandchildren's spirits.59 The ...
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... sekuru . He cannot come without it . His sekuru would send him away , saying , " why did you not bring me something ? " . ' With bona this aspect assumes greater proportions . Here is a full- scale ritual and sacrifice to prepare the ...
... sekuru . He cannot come without it . His sekuru would send him away , saying , " why did you not bring me something ? " . ' With bona this aspect assumes greater proportions . Here is a full- scale ritual and sacrifice to prepare the ...
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acting family head agnates Amongst the Cijge ancestral spirits bambo beer libation bona ritual bonzo pot Budya burial and bona buried Careva area Cijge and Marembe cikombe cognates connexion cooling agent daughter daughters-in-law death deceased's family deceased's next-of-kin deceased's paternal deceased's spirit drinking calabash father father's sisters forest friends gifts given goat grave headman hole honour husband in-laws inside karenje pot kureva kutonodza Luvale married Mashonaland maternal relatives Mhondoro pot Mkota area Mkota Reserve Mtoko area Mtoko Reserve mubereki mudona twigs mudzimu murovora mutuwa branch mutuwa tree mutuwa twig Mwari Native nggororombe party patrilineal performed personal spirit placed porridge Portuguese East Africa pot of beer poured Rainmaker savira sekuru senior mukuwasha senior muzukuru senior son-in-law sexual intercourse sisters or father's spiritual hierarchy term tribal spirit tsine pot ululated UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA uterine cousins vakuwasha varovora vasamukadzi vasavira vasekuru vazukuru village ward washed widow wife woman younger brother