KILL THE BULL OR KILL THE CULTURE Thokozani Ncikazi is really upset that the organisation against cruelty to animals has taken Zulu king Gooswill Swelithini to court for the practice of Ukweshawama. Now called Ukhweshwama is the Zulu traditional thanksgiving and is held before the harvesting of the crops. The ceremony involves a group of men wrestling a bull to death, and it is a culture that has been practiced for centuries.

 

Ncikazi writes that one point that needs to be made is that each and every nation has it’s culture that keeps it grounded
He infers that if such cultural ceremonies are stopped, a hundred years from now, people will be wondering where they come from and who they are.

This is exactly what I want them to do.

Our history is filled with atrocities, oppression, wars.. and mindless ceremonies and rituals based on fear of the unknown.

 

I want humanity to forget who they are and where they come from.
I want them to start thinking about who they are meant to be and where they are going.

If Thokozani had said ‘If they want to stop Okhweshwama, they should also stop the foxhunt, bullfights, trophy hunting, the sacrificial slaughtering of animals etc, I would agree with him.’

But, he says ‘If cultures such as Ukweshwama have to be cancelled, then the whole nation must stop eating meat.’

That’s like saying ‘If they want to stop waging wars, then Earth’s entire population should stop dying.’

Kader Khan
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