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How do traditional African communities show respect and honour to ancestors?

Highlight ways in which African communities show respect and honour to ancestors.

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Maurice
(i) They are praised through songs and dances during the rites of passage.

(ii) They name their children after the ancestors.

(iii) They set aside sacred shrines built in honour of the ancestors.

(iv) They do not mention the name of an ancestor carelessly for to do so is a taboo.

(v) They approach the graves of the ancestors with honour.

(vi) They pour libation of beer, milk, water, food to the ancestors.

(vii) They are consulted through a diviner or medicine persons on family issues.

(viii) They make their requests to God through the ancestors
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 16, 2017 at 07:21

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