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Learning Activity 4:Teaching/beliefs

16 May 2024, 11:54 Publicly Viewable

Our perspectives on how we perceive things are different,And our conception of the world together with our lives are all shaped by how we interact and socialize with one another.Below are the two endogenous teachings that exerts a great influence on my Worldview.

1.Ceremonial practices and our culture.

I was born and raised in swaziland both my mother and father speaks siSwati.siSwati is a Bantu language of my people"The Nguni group,"which is a spoken language in Eswatini(Formely Swaziland).My group Has a rich tradition from which i learned from,Involving the Hinokami kagura,Which are the spiritual beings that resonates aspects of the natural world,Every Group of people in swaziland have their own religion,There are numerous Sites for worshipping in every group,we also have the holy buildings,called the Nakano Shrines,"Nakano"which translates to goodhope are used by the elders to heal people who are struggling with their mental health,only male privileges are allowed to enter the shrines,one of the Examples of ceremonial practices within the shrines are the Hinokami kagura Dances,They are only improvised by our elders,it is believed that the dance only serves to provide remedy on injuries of the group members and also serves to evade disasters,the elders offer the kagura dance along with their spiritual prayers at the start of each year,children are allowed to enter the shrines as it is believed that all ceremonial practices have to be passed down to generations,simply through mimicry and a close inspection to the body motions and dance moves of the elders while they are improvising.These beliefs are deeply embedded mainly in my group which involves the rituals,dances,Arts and they are all perculiar to other cultural heritages.All this beliefs has shaped my perspectives and worldview.

Networking and education

Another teaching that exerts influence on me is the education system of Nguni group,we rely strongly on the kagura education,which emphasizes teaching children who are aged 5 to 17 years,simply through storytelling,practical skills and as well as the moral skills that were all deeply rooted within the kagura traditions,any individual who graduates from the institution is expected to have good social skills, as well as the social intricacies of socializing with others.

Conclusion

The teaching and beliefs shows how my ethnic groups intergrate our cultural heritage,practical skills and traditional knowledge into our educational practices,ensuring the preservation and uniqueness of our identity and our way of life.




 

Kin and Non-kinship network

9 Apr 2024, 00:18 Publicly Viewable

Life has a way of rewarding good deeds,often when you help others you are helping yourself.It is because of our ways of giving,sharing and informing that enables us to have the capicity to achieve equal commensal relationship and morality on our networks.Suffice to infer that my social intricacies of socialising are sufficient enough,allowing me to expand my social network with other people.Throughout my entire life i was able to maintain a good social relationship with Family and friends.I'm one of 3 and I was honoured to become the first child to be born In my family's order and because of that i am well disciplined and conscientious on my duties so it helps me to become more aware of my surroundings.my job is to focus more on my studies and get good grades,same applies to my siblings.My father,he is a hardworker if i may add.His efforts are devoted in maintaining order and stability within the household so his job is to provide food and other essential stuffs.My mother,She does all sorts of housework especially laundries and cleaning at home.I have 4 good friends to myself,they had my back since elementary and i choose to keep them because of their morality and companionship,we might not share the same bloodline but we maintained our Non-kinship at a constant level for over 8 years until now so i hope loyalty and trust will forever get instilled within them since we all got separated now,We never learned self love, and we've been there for each other and i am still grateful for what they taught me.I am good at giving out ideas and perspectives so back in a day i used to give advices to them and in exchange i get football training since they were all good at it and that made me the weakest link on our group.Thus i infer that social relationships can be maintained for over a lengthy periods if we can prioritize either on loyalty and reciprocity towards our friends