Tonga mourning ritual (dilwe)
Subtitle: the therapeutic aspect
By: Mumbi Patrick Mulenga
Publisher: FENZA Publications, Faith and Encounter Centre
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Lusaka, Zambia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781984944467
Subjects: Tsonga (African people); Social life and customs; Rites and ceremonies; Mourning customs; Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section 1. The Tonga mourning ritual; title: The Tonga settings, demography, culture, and belief systems; title: Mourning ritual Tonga cosmology; title: The Tonga burial episode; title: Description of the mourning ritual; title: The fear of the ghost and cultural beliefs; title: Tonga burial ceremony; title: The mweesho ceremony; title: Section 2. Deeper understanding of the mourning ritual; title: Beyond the local semantics of the mourning ritual; title: The meaning of ritual acts and taboos; title: The mourning ritual: a therapeutic process; title: The meaning of kusalazya; title: Medicine in the mourning ritual; title: The mourning ritual and ancestral spirits; title: The conceptual framework and the mourning ritual; title: Copping with death without using rituals; title: Section 3. Practical recommendations; title: Tonga cultural burial practices versus contemporary life; title: The similitude between traditional and Christian burial rites; title: Conclusion.