Rituals and Sacrifice among Chaggas

Masanilo · Feb 21, 2011

FOR ANCESTORS AND GOD: RITUALS OF SACRIFICE AMONG THE CHAGGA OF TANZANIA by Päivi Hasu
Abstract

This article discusses the rituals of sacrifice among the patrilineal Chagga people of northern Tanzania in terms of the historical context of double burial and related sacrifices. Despite more than a hundred years of Christianity in the area, ancestor veneration and sacrifices remain important elements in the rituals of kin groups, as when the relatively well educated, migrant Chagga return home at Christmas to commemorate their ancestors. The analysis draws from the classic studies of sacrifice as a gift, a communion, and an effective representation by focusing on sacrificial substances, participants, and spatio-temporal movement. It examines ritual cuisine, sequences of substances and their processing in the course of reconstituting the social community, and transforming the dead into ancestors. Rituals of sacrifice are part of a larger set of rituals that place both the living and the dead in ancestral lands.

Read more: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Vol 48, No 3 (2009)http://ethnology.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Ethnology/article/view/6061/0

Saint Ivuga · May 16, 2011

good history 4 our country

AshaDii · May 16, 2011

Rev I believe today your topic am entitled to.... But ngoja nimalize hizi page 19 ulizo attach... Narudi....

Dr Lizzy · May 16, 2011

Mmeanza.....

Gaga · May 16, 2011

habari yake wachaga bana

Safety last · May 16, 2011

Nowdays hamna hizo vitu wewe nataja,na zamani makabila mengi yakonaperform rituals, bt nw many people hv fear of God,kule X.mass tunaendaga kucelebrate tu ,watu natoka sehemu mbalimbali za dunia tunakujaga rest na kuuliza mipango ya kilamtu inaendaje

Sumba-Wanga · May 16, 2011

Safety last... probably there is more than Xmas celebration and meeting the clans members..... why the Chagga mostly? There must be more than that.

Ehud · May 16, 2011

Mch thanks kwa hii comprehensive research.

Saint Ivuga · May 16, 2011

Okada said:
Safety last... probably there is more than Xmas celebration and meeting the clans members..... why the Chagga mostly? There must be more than that.

??we ar interested to know

wilbald · May 16, 2011

Rev Fr Masanilo said:
FOR ANCESTORS AND GOD: RITUALS OF SACRIFICE AMONG THE CHAGGA OF TANZANIA by Päivi Hasu
Abstract

This article discusses the rituals of sacrifice among the patrilineal Chagga people of northern Tanzania in terms of the historical context of double burial and related sacrifices. Despite more than a hundred years of Christianity in the area, ancestor veneration and sacrifices remain important elements in the rituals of kin groups, as when the relatively well educated, migrant Chagga return home at Christmas to commemorate their ancestors. The analysis draws from the classic studies of sacrifice as a gift, a communion, and an effective representation by focusing on sacrificial substances, participants, and spatio-temporal movement. It examines ritual cuisine, sequences of substances and their processing in the course of reconstituting the social community, and transforming the dead into ancestors. Rituals of sacrifice are part of a larger set of rituals that place both the living and the dead in ancestral lands.

Read more: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Vol 48, No 3 (2009)http://ethnology.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Ethnology/article/view/6061/0

Mimi binafsi sioni kosa lolote kufanya tambiko kwani hata hizo ibada mnazoenda siku maalum ya kila wiki nazo ni tambiko pia.
Jaribuni kuangalia jamii nyingine za kihindi,kichina na kijapani pia kule america ya kusini wanafanya nini au kule africa ya kusini wazulu na wale jamaa wa GODIES MUST BE CRAZZY hufanya nini...siyo tu ukurupuke na kuanza kuwasemasema wachagga.
kila jamii ina miungu wake inaemuamini kwa hiyo kama jamii yanu haina mungu au miungu basi do what chaggas do.
"I THINK YOU ENVY CHAGGAS"

Rejao · May 16, 2011

nowdays naona haya mambo yameisha. Ni sehemu chache sana ambazo still wanafuata mila za zamani! Misimu ya sikukuu huwa ni kwenda tu kufurahia na familia na wazee.

Masanilo · May 16, 2011

wilbald said:
Mimi binafsi sioni kosa lolote kufanya tambiko kwani hata hizo ibada mnazoenda siku maalum ya kila wiki nazo ni tambiko pia.
Jaribuni kuangalia jamii nyingine za kihindi,kichina na kijapani pia kule america ya kusini wanafanya nini au kule africa ya kusini wazulu na wale jamaa wa GODIES MUST BE CRAZZY hufanya nini...siyo tu ukurupuke na kuanza kuwasemasema wachagga.
kila jamii ina miungu wake inaemuamini kwa hiyo kama jamii yanu haina mungu au miungu basi do what chaggas do.
"I THINK YOU ENVY CHAGGAS"

Unatatizo la ufahamu!

wilbald · May 16, 2011

Rev Fr Masanilo said:
Unatatizo la ufahamu!

No thanks, You guys i never head or read any article saying gud things about chagga...REVEREND MASANILO admit yoooouu ENVYYYYYY CHAGGAS.

Baba_Enock · May 16, 2011

wilbald said:
No thanks, You guys i never head or read any article saying gud things about chagga...REVEREND MASANILO admit yoooouu ENVYYYYYY CHAGGAS.

FOR ANCESTORS AND GOD: RITUALS OF SACRIFICE AMONG THE CHAGGA OF TANZANIA

by Päivi Hasu

Kwa vyovyote vile Author wa hii Article siyo M-bantu!

Masanilo · May 16, 2011

wilbald said:
No thanks, You guys i never head or read any article saying gud things about chagga...REVEREND MASANILO admit yoooouu ENVYYYYYY CHAGGAS.

This is a publication from one of the peer journal. It has nothing to do with my personality with chaggas! Your comment is irrelevant and uncalled for

Mamzalendo · May 16, 2011

Rev Fr Masanilo said:
FOR ANCESTORS AND GOD: RITUALS OF SACRIFICE AMONG THE CHAGGA OF TANZANIA by Päivi Hasu
Abstract

This article discusses the rituals of sacrifice among the patrilineal Chagga people of northern Tanzania in terms of the historical context of double burial and related sacrifices. Despite more than a hundred years of Christianity in the area, ancestor veneration and sacrifices remain important elements in the rituals of kin groups, as when the relatively well educated, migrant Chagga return home at Christmas to commemorate their ancestors. The analysis draws from the classic studies of sacrifice as a gift, a communion, and an effective representation by focusing on sacrificial substances, participants, and spatio-temporal movement. It examines ritual cuisine, sequences of substances and their processing in the course of reconstituting the social community, and transforming the dead into ancestors. Rituals of sacrifice are part of a larger set of rituals that place both the living and the dead in ancestral lands.

Read more: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Vol 48, No 3 (2009)http://ethnology.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Ethnology/article/view/6061/0

mimi ni mchaga tena original toka nimezaliwa sijawahi ona this kind of thing and every x-mas and easter im home, this was long time ago, mainly we go home to great families na kupeleka hata sukari kwa wazee na ndugu wasiojiweza na kuangalia kama nyumba tunazotuma hela zijengwe zimejengwa but not to sacrifice. and even if there is such a thing its a small percent of the whole tribe

thanks for the article i will have a good tour this x-mas.

Sumba-Wanga · May 23, 2011

mmh sina hakika,, ila nasikia, kwa wale waliolewa na wachaga ambao ni chasaka, ikitokea umemdanganya mume wako na kuzaa na mwanaume mwingine, never, ever, kumpeleka mtoto huyo mgombani, harudi! wana JF, mnalijua hilo?

Gaga · May 23, 2011

Duh kwahiyo december huwa shughuli ni moja tu

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