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Some of the traditional leaders in Mutale, who paid their last respects to Vhamusanda Vho-Nyilenyile Tshisudzungwane.

Vhamusanda Vho-Tshisudzungwane buried

 

Traditional dances such as Tshikona and Uluvha were part of the activities at Zwiendeulu zwa Tshitanzhe (the sacred burial place of chiefs), when traditional leaders and communities paid their last respects to the late Vhamusanda Vho-Nyilenyile Tshisudzungwane of Tshitanzhe village outside Mutale last Friday evening.

In the Vhavenda culture, the Tshikona dance symbolize traditional culture and respect, and when a chief is crowned and during his burial, there should be such dances.

During the event, Thovhele Vudzidzhena Nethengwe, one of the senior traditional leaders in the Vhembe region, urged unity among the traditional leaders and communities to bring development into villages. “We want other traditional leaders to emulate what Vhamusanda Vho-Tshisudzungwane has done in the Tshitanzhe communities, uniting with his subjects to develop the area. Tshisudzungwane was a traditional leader who loved his people and other traditional leaders around,” said Thovhele Nethengwe.

Vhamusanda Vho-Nyilenyile Tshisudzungwane (80) died on 31 March after a short illness. He was made traditional leader in 1975 and succeeded his father, the late Vhamusanda Vho-Jim Tshisudzungwane.

He was one of the chiefs who fell under the jurisdiction of Thovhele Vudzidzhena Nethengwe in the Thengwe Tribal Authority. He was a member of the Apostolic Faith Church of Portland Oregon, based in Shakadza outside Mutale. He left his wife, Vho-Muofhe Tshisudzungwane, six children and 14 grandchildren.

The late Vhamusanda Vho-Nyilenyile Tshisudzungwane of Tshitanzhe village.
 

Date:17 April 2014

By: Silas Nduvheni

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