WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS, BLESSING AND SOCIAL SUCCESS AMONG THE ANCIENT KWASIO OF CENTRAL AFRICA
WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS, BLESSING AND SOCIAL SUCCESS AMONG THE ANCIENT KWASIO OF CENTRAL AFRICA
Author(s): Alphonse Kisito BOUH MA SITNASubject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Religion
Published by: Ediktura Beladi
Keywords: Ancestor; blessing; propitiation; virtue; prosperity;
Summary/Abstract: This article looked at the correlation between the practice of ancestor worship and blessing among the Kwasio, a Bantu (A81) people of Central Africa. From a few surveys carried out in this community, it emerges that the aforementioned cult was based on the principle of the extension of life after death, with the ancestor as the central point. The blessings provided by him take a collective form, conditioned by the practice of ancestor worship, and an individual form, determined by respect for the traditional moral code. Turning away from this pivot exposed all of Kwasio to a decline that could be erased by a propitiatory rite. To better understand this reflection, we mainly relied on primary sources and field surveys carried out with very selective sampling from the period 2003 until 2020.
Journal: Revista Universitară de Sociologie
- Issue Year: XVII/2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 68-80
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
