What is Kurova?
The purpose of kurova guva is to bring back the spirit of the deceased from the grave to his hut to be in the midst of his descendants. At the end of the ceremony when the spirit is back in his home the nhaka ritual takes place.
What is Kurova GUVA?
The Kurova Guva ritual-myth ceremony reasserts the continued spiritual existence of the dead person by seeking to bring that person back into the community of ancestral spirits that are recognised by the dead person’s surviving family members.
How Kurova guva is done?
The beer is shared by the living and what is left is poured over the grave. One gourd of beer is saved solely for the deceased. After pouring the beer on the grave, the gourds and smashed and the shards are left on the grave and the spirit is home.
What is Kurova Gata?
THE RITUAL INTEGRATION of the deceased’s spirit as an ancestor to the family (kurova guva) is viewed as one of the biggest doctrinal problems that the Roman Catholic Church in Zimbabwe ever faced.
How is Kurova guva performed?
What is Kupira?
Mapira is the plural of bira ‘to commit’ ; kupira means ‘humans venerating or commun- ing with spirits, as in prayer’. Considered from the point of view of prayer, therefore, bira. infers communication that bridges the physical and spiritual realms.
Why is the Kurova guva ceremony important?
What happens during Umbuyiso?
Umbuyiso literally means to bring the spirit of the ancestor back home. The umbuyiso ritual is often prompted by dreams in which the deceased person appears to a member of the family and says that they are hungry. An ox is slaughtered and the intsonyama is again cut and consumed.
How is Kurova GUVA ceremony done?
What is Umbuyiso?
Umbuyiso literally means to bring the spirit of the ancestor back home. The umbuyiso ritual is often prompted by dreams in which the deceased person appears to a member of the family and says that they are hungry.
Where did Mhande originate from?
Shurugwi District of Zimbabwe
This dance is a type of dance that artistically expresses the values and beliefs of the rural Karanga of Shurugwi District of Zimbabwe.
What is Masvikiro?
Masvikiro often take on the name of the spirit that possesses them and are treated with a great deal of respect even when they are not possessed, as if they are the ancestors themselves.
What is Isitshikitsha?
Isitshikitsha was basically meant for entertainment is social gatherings such as wedding ceremonies or during the first fruits ceremony. The dance is accompanied by clapping, ululation and whistling.
How is Kurova guva ceremony done?
What is the purpose of Umbuyiso?
The general feasting will only take place after the intsonyama has been consumed. This is a very sombre occasion and no fermented sorghum beer is consumed. After a variable period of mourning, the umbuyiso ritual is performed. Umbuyiso literally means to bring the spirit of the ancestor back home.
How is Kurova guva done?
What is the purpose of Mhande?
Mhande dance is an ’embodied practice’. The purpose of the dance is to communicate cultural knowledge that may not be accessible to the public. It incorporates singing and instrument playing along with dance movements to informally communicate the indigenous spiritual knowledge (chikaranga).
What is mhondoro?
The word mhondoro means both lion and guardian spirit of the tribe (Hannan 1974 s.v. mhondoro), which indicates the attitude of the people to this class of spirits. They are generally referred to as “lion spirits” and are associated with the fearlessness and strength of the lion.
What is Vadzimu?
Family spirits (vadzimu) are spirits of parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and other family members, and clan spirits may also be referred to as vadzimu although clan spirits are more appropriately referred to as mhondoro.