How Secret Burials In South Africa Could Tackle Covid-19

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Defying

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يتحدى

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Sizwe Kupelo says some families have been "defying" the authorities, causing a spike in cases.

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Mortuary

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مشرحة

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that is, to be transported directly from the mortuary to the cemetery

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Cemetery

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مقبرة

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We have welcomed submissions made by traditional leaders to the national health minister to have all deceased receive the same treatment; that is, to be transported directly from the mortuary to the cemetery

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Embedded

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ادمج، تغلغل

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Africans have embedded in their social fabric

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Kinship

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قرابة

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Africans have embedded in their social fabric the issue of social support and human solidarity - community and kinship."

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Combine

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تجمع

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For most black South Africans, funerals combine traditional African and Christian elements.

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Bereaved

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ثكلى، مفجوعة

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When a family is bereaved, people will travel long distances to attend both the funeral and the days of ritual in the run-up

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Ritual

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طقوس، شعائر

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When a family is bereaved, people will travel long distances to attend both the funeral and the days of ritual in the run-up

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Livestock

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مواشي

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Livestock also needs to be slaughtered in order to feed the anticipated guests

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Slaughtered

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تذبح

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Livestock also needs to be slaughtered in order to feed the anticipated guests

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Anticipated

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متوقع

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Livestock also needs to be slaughtered in order to feed the anticipated guests

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Dug

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حفر

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the grave needs to be dug, with people sometimes sharing the same pick and shovel.

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Shovel

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مجرفة

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the grave needs to be dug, with people sometimes sharing the same pick and shovel.

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Grave

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قبر

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the grave needs to be dug, with people sometimes sharing the same pick and shovel.

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Intimately known

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معروف بشكل وثيق

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Those who attend the ceremonies are not necessarily intimately known to the bereaved family.

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Passer-by

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عابر سبيل

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or simply a passer-by who hears of the tragedy and wants to show their support

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Commesirate

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رثاء

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When the day's proceedings are done community members form a human chain to deliver the food to the hundreds who have come to commiserate

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Proximity

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قرب، جوار

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On the day of the funeral, hundreds gather for a church service, sitting in close proximity

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Proceedings

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اجراءات

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When the day's proceedings are done

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Human chain

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حزام بشري

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When the day's proceedings are done community members form a human chain to deliver the food

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Bid

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محاولة

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In a bid to find an alternative and safer way to bury relatives

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Customary

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عرفي، معتاد

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After the burial, the family would still be able to hold an intimate customary cleansing ceremony when they return from the burial site," explains Mr Ranuga.

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Ritual offering

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عروض طقسية

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These ceremonies are done through a ritual offering to cleanse the family of a "dark cloud of death"

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private affairs

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شؤون خاصة

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They are usually private affairs with only close family present.

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Intervene

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التدخل

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As traditional leaders we often need to intervene in settling disputes between families and service providers

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Cope

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تأقلم

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Rituals helped me cope with loss

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Mourn

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حزن، ندب

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Some of the main challenges families share with us about burying during this time is not being able to mourn the way we usually do

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Glory

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مجد، فاخر

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"All the typical African glory at funerals has been overshadowed by the regulations

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overshadowed

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طغت ، عتمت

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"All the typical African glory at funerals has been overshadowed by the regulations

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entirety

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بالكامل

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the entirety of funerals have changed

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Immersed

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مغمور، منغمس

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being immersed in the preparations and the scores of well-wishers moving in and out of the house

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Scores

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عشرات

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being immersed in the preparations and the scores of well-wishers moving in and out of the house

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elaborate rituals

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طقوس معقدة

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the elaborate rituals became a gentle nudge towards accepting the unchangeable truth, the permanence of death.

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Gentle nudge

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دفعة لطيفة

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the elaborate rituals became a gentle nudge towards accepting the unchangeable truth, the permanence of death.

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permanence

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دوام، استمرار

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the elaborate rituals became a gentle nudge towards accepting the unchangeable truth, the permanence of death.

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Counselling

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نصيحة, ارشاد

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Perhaps there will be a need for a type of counselling for those who've been forced by the current circumstances to bid farewell to their loved ones this way."

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Farewell

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توديع، فراق

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Perhaps there will be a need for a type of counselling for those who've been forced by the current circumstances to bid farewell to their loved ones this way."

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social fabric

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نسيج اجتماعي

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Africans have embedded in their social fabric

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Submissions

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طلبات

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We have welcomed submissions made by traditional leaders to the national health minister to have all deceased receive the same treatment