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Tonga mourning ritual (dilwe) : the therapeutic aspect / Dr Mumbi Patrick Mulenga.
Van Pelt Library DT1768.T76 M85 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mulenga, Mumbi Patrick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tsonga (African people)--Funeral customs and rites.
- Tsonga (African people).
- Tsonga (African people)--Social life and customs.
- Mourning customs--Psychological aspects.
- Mourning customs.
- Mourning customs--Zambia.
- Mourning customs--Zimbabwe.
- Zimbabwe.
- Zambia.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lusaka, Zambia : Fenza Publications, Faith and Encounter Centre, 2018.
- Summary:
- The mourning ritual and other accompanying practices are replete with religious healing significance and therefore are a form of psychotherapy. They can heal troubled hearts and minds. This ritual is in itself a science with its own methodology and healing psychology --Page 4 of cover.
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781984944467
- 1984944460
- OCLC:
- 1134989653
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