Essay On Ancestors

Introduction

You wake up one morning and realize that you late for a bus to work but you quickly get to the bus stop anyway, when you get there they tell you that you late for your bus but you force the issue of going to work even though there is no transport, but you end up being forced to go back home. Few hours later, news come to your attention that the bus you were supposed to be on crashed and burnt to ashes. This assignment will focus on the relevance of ancestors with health, as most cross cultural perspective believe that their health and livelihood is in the hands of their ancestors.

Who are ancestors?

Ancestors are forefathers who lived during the ancient times and are no longer present today physically but are present in spirit and praised by their descents and their duty is to guide and protect their descendants. According Hammond-Tooke (cited in Bogopa 2010; pg. 1) ancestral spirit forms the foundation of the Southern Bantu religion. All groups have a special name to refer to the ancestors, and the names for these special beings are more often used in the plural form as a sign of showing respect. In South Africa ancestors are called by using different names, for an example the isiXhosa speaking people use the word Izinyanya, the Sotho people use Badimo, and the Zulu people use Amadlozi. Ancestors work in various ways when it

The reason we talked about lifestyle is because many people can be determined by their ancestors what life they are going to live and which behavior they are going to behave in. most people decide to ignore some of these things which put their lives and health in danger because it is believed that ignorance to your ancestors can lead to lack of health and mental stability sometimes. This is where health and ancestors come hand in hand to people who are believers to the