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MattWright-1173
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What are the cow and the goat for?
PhezuluDhlod919
2 years agoCommunity Member
The cow is slaughtered and used to provide meat for everyone attending the funeral. The hide from the cow is used to wrap up the cadaver in some rural communities in preparation for burial. The bile from the cow and the goat is used to create some concoctions to cleanse the bereaved family and chase away the lurking spirits of death.
The goat hide is used to make some wrist bands that symbolize mourning and some of the meat is used cleansing rituals to send off the dead one so that s/he is received well by the ancestors and also to appease and dispel the bad spirits that bring about death.
When the funeral does not have any of these two, it might just be considered as having not taken place at all.
The goat hide is used to make some wrist bands that symbolize mourning and some of the meat is used cleansing rituals to send off the dead one so that s/he is received well by the ancestors and also to appease and dispel the bad spirits that bring about death.
When the funeral does not have any of these two, it might just be considered as having not taken place at all.