Title: Tonga mourning ritual (dilwe) : the therapeutic aspect /
Authors: Mulenga, Mumbi Patrick.
Year: 2018
Subjects: Tsonga (African people) Social life and customs.; Tsonga (African people) Rites and ceremonies.; Mourning customs Psychological aspects.
Contents: Section 1. The Tonga mourning ritual -- The Tonga settings, demography, culture, and belief systems -- Mourning ritual Tonga cosmology -- The Tonga burial episode -- Description of the mourning ritual -- The fear of the ghost and cultural beliefs -- Tonga burial ceremony -- The mweesho ceremony -- Section 2. Deeper understanding of the mourning ritual -- Beyond the local semantics of the mourning ritual -- The meaning of ritual acts and taboos -- The mourning ritual: a therapeutic process -- The meaning of kusalazya -- Medicine in the mourning ritual -- The mourning ritual and ancestral spirits -- The conceptual framework and the mourning ritual -- Copping with death without using rituals -- Section 3. Practical recommendations -- Tonga cultural burial practices versus contemporary life -- The similitude between traditional and Christian burial rites -- Conclusion.