Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:10:11 +0000 Debate rages as reality of land shortage versus cultural, religious beliefs By Mailesi Banda THE toughest time for a bereaved family during a Zambian funeral is the body viewing and the committal of the body into the grave. It is hard to understand that a person they once shared a lifetime with is now subject to a limited space of a coffin and later on buried into the ground and left behind without anyone to talk or listen to them. Sooner than later the grave disappears among the hundreds others looking the same. Despite the wailing at the funeral, the end of their union with the living has come at last. At this stage it matters less the love and connection you had with the departed because once they are buried that is the end of any association with them, only memories remain. And now if […]
