Lobolo de cadáver: um estudo das representacões sociais sobre os preceitos desta prática na cidade de Maputo

Abstract

This monograph is the result of a study carried out in five districts of the city of Maputo, with the cadaver lobolo theme, a study of social representations about the precepts of this practice in the city of Maputo. In southern Mozambique, where this practice is common, the lobolo is understood as a socially accepted mechanism for the union of two people (a man and one woman). Failure to observe this practice has sometimes resulted in social conflicts involving the family of the bride and groom that, in certain cases, culminates in the requirement of the woman's cadaver lobolo. In this study, we tried to analyze this reality. trying to understand the social elements that contribute to the promotion of this practice, in the current context, using a qualitative and quantitative approach. At work, the assumption that social representations about the precepts of this practice provide the continuation of this practice within Mozambican families. The traditional aspects and the form how individuals are socialized are some of the aspects that contribute to fostering this practice in the city of Maputo. The socialization of individuals based on principles traditions that defend that a woman should be lobola and the belief that lobolo guarantees the protection of the couple's children from evil spirits and the non-caducity of lobolo, provide realization of this practice. The study also found that families who demand the completion of lobolo from corpses believe they are preserving a tradition that must be fulfilled and respected in order to guarantee the protection of the couple's children, evil spirits and other evils. social such as lack of employment and/or bad luck