Chauke, M. T.Kubayi, Sindisa Bertha2017-06-102017-06-102017-05-18Kubayi, S.B. 2017. Nkanelo wa swiyila leswi fambelanaka ni rifu exifundenitsongo xa hlanganani. . . http://hdl.handle.net/11602/693http://hdl.handle.net/11602/693MA (Xitsonga)Senthara ya M.E.R. Mathivha ya Tindzimu ta Afrika, Vutshila ni NdhvukoThe study examines the taboos of death and their significance in the context of Xitsonga culture in the Hlanganani Area of the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province of South Africa. The study deals with social taboos pertaining to death and how Vatsonga perceive their dead. The principal aim of the study is to highlight the significance of taboos pertaining to death, the burial and the post-burial rites/rituals amongst Vatsonga in the Hlanganani Area. The study guarantees the continuity and resilience of the post-burial rituals. Accordingly, the study shows that the taboos are largely reflected through language. The study will recommend that the taboos as the important components of Xitsonga culture must be incorporated in the South African education system. More importantly, the study shows that language and culture are interlinked and cannot be separated. The researcher will employ the Renaissance Theory. The Renaissance Theory argues that a number of indigenous cultural identities, values and norms which used to be functional for society in the past can still be used today if properly utilised because they are the building blocks of indigenous existentiality. It is an emerging postcolonial philosophy which envisions reclaiming the glories of the African past. It posits that to think of the African life is to think of the unity of the shared perennial communitarian values. Data will collected through interviews and focus groups.1 online resource (iv, 63 leaves)otherUniversity of VendaGrave diggersUCTDTaboosGraveDeathRitualsTsonga/Shangaans393.90968257DeathTaboo -- South Africa -- LimpopoDeath -- Religious aspects.BereavementRites and ceremonies -- South Africa -- LimpopoDissertationKubayi SB. Nkanelo wa swiyila leswi fambelanaka ni rifu exifundenitsongo xa hlanganani. []. , 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11602/693Kubayi, S. B. (2017). <i>Nkanelo wa swiyila leswi fambelanaka ni rifu exifundenitsongo xa hlanganani</i>. (). . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11602/693Kubayi, Sindisa Bertha. <i>"Nkanelo wa swiyila leswi fambelanaka ni rifu exifundenitsongo xa hlanganani."</i> ., , 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/693TY - Dissertation AU - Kubayi, Sindisa Bertha AB - The study examines the taboos of death and their significance in the context of Xitsonga culture in the Hlanganani Area of the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province of South Africa. The study deals with social taboos pertaining to death and how Vatsonga perceive their dead. The principal aim of the study is to highlight the significance of taboos pertaining to death, the burial and the post-burial rites/rituals amongst Vatsonga in the Hlanganani Area. The study guarantees the continuity and resilience of the post-burial rituals. Accordingly, the study shows that the taboos are largely reflected through language. The study will recommend that the taboos as the important components of Xitsonga culture must be incorporated in the South African education system. More importantly, the study shows that language and culture are interlinked and cannot be separated. The researcher will employ the Renaissance Theory. The Renaissance Theory argues that a number of indigenous cultural identities, values and norms which used to be functional for society in the past can still be used today if properly utilised because they are the building blocks of indigenous existentiality. It is an emerging postcolonial philosophy which envisions reclaiming the glories of the African past. It posits that to think of the African life is to think of the unity of the shared perennial communitarian values. Data will collected through interviews and focus groups. DA - 2017-05-18 DB - ResearchSpace DP - Univen KW - Grave diggers KW - Taboos KW - Grave KW - Death KW - Rituals KW - Tsonga/Shangaans LK - https://univendspace.univen.ac.za PY - 2017 T1 - Nkanelo wa swiyila leswi fambelanaka ni rifu exifundenitsongo xa hlanganani TI - Nkanelo wa swiyila leswi fambelanaka ni rifu exifundenitsongo xa hlanganani UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11602/693 ER -