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Tonga mourning ritual (dilwe) : the therapeutic aspect

Title
Tonga mourning ritual (dilwe) : the therapeutic aspect / Dr Mumbi Patrick Mulenga.
Author
Mulenga, Mumbi Patrick
Publication
Lusaka, Zambia : Fenza Publications, Faith and Encounter Centre, 2018.

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Description
xii, 326 pages; 23 cm
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.--Back cover.
Subject
  • Tsonga (African people) > Funeral customs and rites
  • Tsonga (African people) > Social life and customs
  • Mourning customs > Psychological aspects
  • Mourning customs > Zambia
  • Mourning customs > Zimbabwe
  • Mourning customs
  • Zimbabwe
  • Zambia
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Call Number
ReCAP 20-2979
ISBN
  • 9781984944467
  • 1984944460
OCLC
1134989653
Author
Mulenga, Mumbi Patrick, author.
Title
Tonga mourning ritual (dilwe) : the therapeutic aspect / Dr Mumbi Patrick Mulenga.
Publisher
Lusaka, Zambia : Fenza Publications, Faith and Encounter Centre, 2018.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
ReCAP 20-2979
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