Esikweni

Amasiko ahlukene awavalelisa kanjani abathandiweyo babo.
Esikweni lamaZulu, ukuvalelisa othandekayo oshonile kuwumsebenzi womphakathi wonke, ogcwele inkolo namasiko, ngoba ukufa akubhekwa njengokuphela kodwa njengokudlulela ekubeni idlozi noma ithongo. Inqubo yokumvalelisa, ebizwa ngokuthi ukugoduka, ihlanganisa amasiko amaningi okuhlonipha oshonile nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ujoyina amadlozi ngokuphepha. Kusetshenziswa amazwi afana nokuthi “Hamba kahle” okusho ukuthi ahambe ngokuphepha, “Sala kahle” noma “Salani kahle” okusho ukuthi kusale kahle abaphilayo, kanye nokuthi “Robala ngokuthula.” Amalungu omndeni avame ukukhuluma ngqo nomufi ngesikhathi sekesi noma ethuneni, emvalelisa futhi emcela avikele umndeni. Kwenziwa ikesi ebusuku lapho kuculwa khona, kushunyayelwa futhi kukhulunywa izinkulumo zokumvalelisa. Kuvamise futhi ukuhlabelwa imbuzi noma inkomo ukuze ihambisane nomufi njengomnikelo emadlozini. Ethuneni, abantu baphosa igabade lomhlabathi njengophawu lokuvalelisa kokugcina. Ngokwesiko, umufi ubekwa ethuneni ngendlela yokulala efana nengane esesiswini, okukhombisa ukuqala okusha, kanti kwezinye izikhathi kungcwatshwa esibayeni sezinkomo njengendawo ehloniphekile. Amagatsha omphafa asetshenziswa ukubuyisa umoya womufi ekhaya, bese kuthi emva kokungcwatshwa kwenziwe imicikilisho yokuzihlambulula ukususa ukungcola kokufa.Jali, Nozizwe Martha,(2002) The African perception of death, with special reference to the Zulu : a critical analysis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/37b292df-e6de-44fb-adc5-037c5ce13330
Imikhuba yokungcwaba yama China isekelwe ekuhlonipheni abazali nasekukholelweni ukuthi kukhona ukuxhumana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwabaphilayo nabashonile. Le mikhuba ihlose ukuqinisekisa ukuthi oshonile udlulela ngokuthula empilweni yangemuva kokufa, kuboniswa inhlonipho ngokugqoka izingubo ezimhlophe kugwenywa obomvu, ukushiswa kwemali yamaphepha nezinto zokusetshenziswa, kanye nokuholwa komkhankaso womngcwabo yindodana endala. Ngemva komngcwabo, iminikelo iqhubeka izinsuku ezingama-49 noma ezingama-77. 

Ezweni lase-Mexico kunomkhosi obizwa ngokuthi i-Día de los Muertos, okusho “Usuku Lwabafileyo.” Lapha imindeni yakha amatafula anezithombe zomufi, amakhandlela, nezinto ayethanda. Lo mkhosi awugcini ngokulila kuphela kodwa ugxila ekugubheni impilo yomuntu oshonile. Kwamanye amazwe ase-Asia njengase-Japan, imindeni ivame ukwenza imicimbi yokukhumbula umufi minyaka yonke. Bashisa amakhandlela noma impepho, bathandaze, futhi bagcine izithombe zomufi ekhaya njengophawu lokuhlonipha nokukhumbula.

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