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30 Dec 20, 6 tweets, 2 min read
LAST small thread πŸ€₯ πŸ€₯ πŸ€₯

I found this particularly interesting. Mostly because many people who acknowledge their ancestors have been accused of being evil and of being anti-God.

The Ndebele Religion:

God (uMlimu)
Living Dead (Good)
The Living
Living Dead (Bad)
God (uMlimu)

The Supreme being. Sovereign over all. UNkulunkulu. UMvelingqangi. UThixo. The Highest Being.
You know - GOD.

So the Ndebeles worship God.
The Living Dead (Good)

Ancestors. Amadlozi. Abaphansi. Abadala.

They were not worshiped, just revered.

The good ones are the ones ababebuyiswa (Mbuyiso) and kuthethelwa kibo.

Many people honour their ancestors eg, by acknowledging clan names and totems.
The Living

Yithi labo πŸ˜…

The Living - Abaphilayo.
The Living Dead (Bad)

Not everyone who dies becomes an ancestor. Otherwise even witches, trolls, tptten hearts and evil people would be expected to watch over people πŸ™…β€β™€οΈ

So the bad spirits are not Buyiswad (No Mbuyiso) otherwise everyone is royally screwed.
Apparently a bad spirit can possess someone and is known as iGidelendlini.
And the possessed can eat a live animal or even a child when in a trance.

Kuthwa they shouldn't be told what they did when they go back to normal, otherwise they die (More reason to tell them, no? πŸ€­πŸ™ˆ)

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Stop 1: OLD BULAWAYO

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I sometimes get this message:
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