Status not stated
Mourning
Death closes a life inside a set period of mourning — shorter for a child, four days for a married person, as long as half a month for a reigning chief. A paternal relative of the deceased makes the mourning fire.
- Who
- Clan, household, the he-gona of the deceased
- When
- From death through the mourning period
- Where
- Homestead and burial place
- Why
- The fire is a sign that there is life after death.
The author’s paper does not say whether this is still practised today, so no status is shown.
Summarised from Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi’s Oshiwambo rituals and ceremonies.
This is a doorway, not the full account. The complete description stays with Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi until he releases it. Read it in his books.