...III. Ancestors Today I remember the dead in my house. The woman who died night after night and her dying was a long good­ bye, a train that never left. Octavio Paz, Interrupted Elegy 20 A few years back, a well- known journalist wrote a short text about my father that circulated on the internet...

...On God and Ancestors Ndukwana kaMbengwana James Stuart (1868–1942) was born in the British colony of Natal. As a young man, he became fluent in Zulu and served in the Native Affairs Department as an inter- preter before becoming a magistrate and later assistant secretary for native affairs...

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...4ANCESTRY, ANCESTORS, AND CONTESTED KINSHIP AFTER DNA When I lived in India Village in 2005 and 2006, there was a funeral or tomb- stone unveiling to attend nearly every weekend. Unlike the funerals, which took place the first weekend following someone s passing, the tombstone un- veilings could...

... of Chinese popu lar religion (Fan and Chen 2016; Sangren 1987; Weller 1987) generally include practices such as deity worship, spirit possession, , , 3 Popu lar Religiosity Deities, Spirit Mediums, Ancestors, Ghosts, and Fengshui ChApter 352 divination and Chinese geomancy (fengshui, lunar calendar...

... tHe african ancestors Entanglements of Citizenship, Colonialism, and Religion in the Netherlands markus balkenhol 266 · Markus Balkenhol not only seen as emancipated, but this emancipation is understood specifically as an emancipation from religion. In this chapter, I introduce people who make the opposite...

..., 1993 In China, lineages (zongzu, are kinship groups that trace their common ancestry through the patri- lineal line to a founding male ancestor, many genera- tions in the past. These descent organ izations are ritual communities composed of member family units. These families come together a few times...