Malawian Explorer

Malawi is a country so rich in its culture and heritage, with its numerous tribes, cultures and customs it creates a marvelous mosaic with each unique element. Explore different tribes and their origins, ancestral heritage, myths and superstition, places and different facts about the country and the people who made it what it is today.

Showing posts with label Chewa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chewa. Show all posts
Sunday, 21 December 2014

Yao story of creation

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Eons ago, before the dawn of time, God existed only with animals. As in many Bantu creation myths, God and animals were eternal, they...
Friday, 3 August 2012

The Kasiyamaliro, consoler of souls

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The Kasiyamaliro is the Great Mother of Gule Wamkulu and probably the most important Nyau. It is said to be the principle Nyau, s...
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Friday, 27 July 2012

A Dark and Bloodstained Past, Slavery in Malawi

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" To overdraw its evils is a simple impossibility ... We passed a slave woman shot or stabbed through the body and lying on the ...
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Saturday, 14 July 2012

The Great Dance, Gule Wamkulu

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The Gule Wamkulu (Great Dance) is a dance cherished and sacred to the hearts of the Chewa people of Malawi. It is a symbolic, religio...
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