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- Feb 2024
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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The traditional Zulu people lived and acted in a religious world in which the central focal point was the ancestors.
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- Dec 2021
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www.landesmuseum.ch www.landesmuseum.ch
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But the stelae were also symbols of power and status, and were used for ancestor worship and rituals.
This is a good example of the default "ancestor worship" and "rituals" label on archeological finds of ancient peoples
What is the actual basis for assigning these labels? Is there any real evidence or is it just become the default in the literature.
Personally I'm building evidence towards a more comprehensive thesis for what these practices may have been used for.
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