Honoring ancestors each day is the pleasure that Ngurube of Mwaro needs to revive among the many Barundi.
Gitega (Mwaro), 11/06/2024 – The outdated kingdom ofThe Empire of Burundi [1], This thousand-year-old state nestled within the coronary heart of Kama (Africa), recognized in the present day as Burundi, is stuffed with historic tales and traditions. The Barundi, individuals ofYou have been singing and theUbuntu, perpetuate ancestral rites on daily basis from their inexperienced hills. Via the sacred couple MukaKiranga and Kirangathey apply Focusa ritual that permits them to connecting to the hidden world of Imana with ineffable pleasure. They thus turn into constructive forces, serving to souls (imitima) [2] of their disappeared ancestors, engaged of their strategy of resurrection or return to our universe or our tangible world (cf. Egypt, world). Automotive, dans la creyance des Barundi, souls by no means die, they’re everlasting.
M. Ngurube, alias Rugamba de Bariza, is a humble citizen of Musimbwe hill, situated in Gisozi commune in Mwaro. For him, “Not letting go of the spirits of your ancestors and ancestors that you’ve deserted is an indication that you don’t have any energy”which implies : “Not honoring the spirits of your ancestors is dropping your traditions and your energy” [3].
Ngurube is full of anger in direction of trendy Burundi, this Burundi the place the Barundi, alienated by colonization – a real crime in opposition to humanity – have forgotten Ubuntu, the very essence of their identification. For him, honoring a overseas spirit is a lack of bearings. As we speak, after we discuss spirits, they’re usually seen as evil, as demons, to be cursed and despised.
But, on daily basis, these Barundi “alienated” revere the saints of white individuals : “Saint Michael, pray for us; Saint Benedict, pray for us, give us knowledge, give us energy“. Paradoxically, these saints, objects of their fervent prayers, are not alive, not within the physique, they too are spirits.
Ngurube remembers, with bitter knowledge, that what the Barundi are experiencing in the present day is the results of imposition by power of arms. Present religions have been imposed by power, forcing our ancestors to just accept them. He urges his compatriots to return to Ubuntu. He’s not against everybody following their very own worship, however his name is to like the ancestors and our traditions. He observes that in different nations, honoring ancestors is a supply of energy and steering. For him, it’s important that the Barundi honor their very own ancestors (“Saint Ntare Rugamba, pray for us; Saint Mwezi Gisabo, pray for us, give us knowledge, give us energy and so forth.) fairly than these of different nations, as a result of the ancestors have all the time recognized {that a} useless individual doesn’t disappear fully, that he leaves the physique to return within the type of a spirit.
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[1] Burundi: The place does the phrase “Burundi” come from? – https://burundi-forum.org/100786/burundi-dou-vient-le-mot-burundi/
[2] Supply bdiagnews.com – The method of reincarnation of the soul after demise among the many Barundi: When one died, the soul (umutima), earlier than leaving our actual world Uburemagi, break up into two: on the one hand, the umutima grew to become “iroho” (a soul with out spirit) going immediately into the world of MukaKaryenda and Karyenda {couples}; and however, the “spirit” (umuzimu) of the soul of the deceased remained in Burundi, the world of the MukaKiranga and Kiranga {couples}. Thus, on this planet of the nice complete or the couple MukaKaryenda and Karyenda, i.e. nothingness, sounds, vibrations, dysfunction, chaos, and everlasting purity, the iroho (a soul with out spirit) was linked to izuka , a brand new spirit permitting him to enter the hidden world of Imana the place the journey of this new soul (umutima, together with this new izuka spirit turn into impwemu) started to seek out the umuzimu (the spirit of the deceased occasion) on this planet of the couple MukaKiranga and Kiranga or in Burundi. As soon as discovered, after an ordeal requiring concord, this reincarnated soul, with two spirits turning into one, waited in heaven (ijuru) earlier than resurrecting in our actual world, Uburemagi.
[3] Supply : Irisnews.
Sources: Nahimana P., Tuesday June 11, 2024 | Photograph: IrisNews
2024-06-11 09:58:09