Yesterday’s funeral was quite an affair! Even our local Member of Parliament came to pay respects to the chief. There were hundreds of people in attendance. There is so much that I could say about it that I’m not sure where to start. Continue reading “At the Chief’s Funeral”
One of the first and most prominent pieces of artwork that we came to at Mua Mission is a statue of “Protective Spirits of Namalikhate,” made by local artist Thomas Mpira.
Namalikhate is a place of great significance for the Chewa people. This is where the ancestral spirits used to come to the river and wash their clothes, using the naturally formed “washing pots” carved and shaped into the rock over time.” (KuNgoni: When Water Falls Sand Becomes Crystal, Fr. Serge St-Arneault, MAfr, (c) 2007, p. 61) Continue reading “The KuNgoni Cultural Centre Approach to Spirituality”
We (without our kids) spent a couple of days this week at a cultural centre learning about some of the peoples of Malawi. We spent most of our time studying the Chewa, which is the largest ethnic group in Malawi and is dominant in the Central Region where we live. It was a thought-provoking experience. Continue reading “Learning about Chewa Culture”
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