For the Barundi, the cow is rather more than an animal; it’s a supply of non secular and cultural power. The Barundi see the cow as a illustration of their inside power and their reference to the divine and the ancestors.
Gitega, 13/06/2024 – A deputy from the DRC, initially from Beni-Lubero, ulcerated by the inhumanity of the present regime in Rwanda (cf. Kagame)declared on June 11, 2024, through the presentation of the federal government program: “You could have changed the emblems of the Republic with a cow. Right here, the cow symbolizes Rwanda.”
The settler as soon as claimed that the cow was equal to a “Tutsi” (cf. Ubumu, socio-economic system: A good civil servant or supervisor). We should free ourselves from the teachings of the Mundele. The cow is a matter of the guts, of the soul, umutima. Within the Bantu societies of Ubungoma and Ubuntu, the cow embodies the power mandatory for the reincarnation of our souls. It’s a non secular image, the spirit that crosses the worlds.
What does the cow symbolize among the many Barundi or the Bantu? In Burundi, long-horned cows (see inyambo), short-horned cows (see inyaruguru), giant calves (see inyana zikuze), and younger calves (see imitavu) roam the huge meadows. Moreover, the good imiryango (cf. Household communities) such because the Bahanza (cf. Bahanza: Bahiza, Bahiza Banyamwaka, and Bakura lineages) and the Bajiji (cf. Bajiji: Bazimbura and Bazirankenke lineages), along with the python totems and the monkey, have the cow as their totem.
Inka, the cow, represents within the Ubungoma of the Barundi (see Bantu Cosmology), a hidden, inside power, typically invisible to the bare eye, however of infinite energy. “The cow”, similar to the “sheep”, the “goat”, and many others., is, in cosmogonic eyes, a significant factor of our Ubungoma. The Barundi (cf. Bantu) can’t separate themselves from it. It’s an integral a part of their existence. The cow is sacred all through Africa as a result of it’s a divine factor (cf. Hathor in Kemet, in historical Egypt).
In Ubungoma, the cow – inka – is usually used to cosmogonically symbolize the “pure power”, that of the couple Mukakaryenda and Karyenda (cf. Tambour Couple, Ingoma), symbolizing the World of sounds, vibrations, nothingness, dysfunction (cf. Egyptian Noun), Totality, or the Nice Complete. It’s a power permitting one to cross indefinitely the 4 totally different Worlds: World of Mukakaryenda-Karyenda; Hidden World of Imana; World of the MukaKiranga-Kiranga couple or World of the ancestors; and the Actual World, Uburemagi. It’s a divine power.
Giving somebody a cow makes them highly effective. This enables the particular person from our actual world: – to acquire the third eye (cf. contact with the World of the Nice Complete); – to have the ability to contact Imana; – to hitch one’s ancestors; and – to return to our actual world. It’s a main non secular power. Providing a cow means facilitating the particular person’s ancestors in realizing their future within the Hidden World of Imana and the World of the ancestors, that of the {couples} MukaKiranga and Kiranga.
The cow is sacred in Burundi as a result of it represents – pure Spirit with out soul – (izuka, cf. the third eye) current in each being or NTU (cf. Umuntu). It resides in every human being. Those that assault a cow condemn themselves.
Sources : Nahimana P. , jeudi 13 juin 2024 | Picture : Indundi Tradition
2024-06-13 16:03:39