๐บ Ok, the THREAD | Burial in an African culture Aiibo niyahlupha...
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Mar 24, 2024
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๐บ Ok, the THREAD | Burial in an African culture
Aiibo niyahlupha kule App ๐ muntu can't just tweet without a mini-war of questions
Check previous tweet on why the burial was done in the "crack of dawn".[very early in the morning]
Continuation in thread.
Aiibo niyahlupha kule App ๐ muntu can't just tweet without a mini-war of questions
Check previous tweet on why the burial was done in the "crack of dawn".[very early in the morning]
Continuation in thread.
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Recap:
A woman's womb in an African culture is/was always seen as a representation of life, this is why when a person died the grave was a shape of a uterus, however; women were not allowed close to the grave.
They would sit very far from the burial site.
A woman's womb in an African culture is/was always seen as a representation of life, this is why when a person died the grave was a shape of a uterus, however; women were not allowed close to the grave.
They would sit very far from the burial site.
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People were buried very early (before sunrise); because it was considered as a pure and peaceful time of the day
It was seen as "it's the end of darkness" allowing the person to rest during a quiet time of the day; while others are still sleeping including "witches". ๐
It was seen as "it's the end of darkness" allowing the person to rest during a quiet time of the day; while others are still sleeping including "witches". ๐
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Young men did the burying (ukugqiba) because they were not yet married.
Young girls didn't go to the burial site, older women (few) stood few meters away (womb)
Kugezweke before they got back home ukususa "ibhadi"/preventing another death in the family.
This is still done
Young girls didn't go to the burial site, older women (few) stood few meters away (womb)
Kugezweke before they got back home ukususa "ibhadi"/preventing another death in the family.
This is still done
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Inzila:
When the man of the house passed away, there wasn't these black garments for widows that people wear today; that was a colonial imposed practice, this is a Roman practice not African
African: A widow was covered with a cow skin (brown not black) for few days post burial
When the man of the house passed away, there wasn't these black garments for widows that people wear today; that was a colonial imposed practice, this is a Roman practice not African
African: A widow was covered with a cow skin (brown not black) for few days post burial
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Life before colonisation....
