Paper 2 · Heritage, Taboos and Totems
In Indigenous Religion, the ceremony held about a year after a burial, at which the spirit of the deceased is brought home and becomes a family ancestor, is
Anhimbe, at which neighbours gather to weed or to harvest a field.
Bkuperekwa, at which a bride is formally handed over to her husband.
Ckurova guva or umbuyiso, at which the deceased becomes an ancestor.
Dmukwerera, the ceremony at which rain is asked of the ancestors.
Explanation: Kurova guva, called umbuyiso in Ndebele, is held roughly a year after burial. Beer is brewed, the family gathers, and the spirit is brought from the bush into the homestead so that the deceased becomes a mudzimu who can be approached in prayer. The estate and the widow's future are usually settled at the same gathering.
Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies 4047/2, November 2020, Q1