In the Southwestern Congo,women are forbidden to grieve elders when they die
In the Southwestern Congo, the Suku tribe honors ancestors and elders when they die, with a ceremony held in a forest’s clearing. Here, gifts and offerings are brought, but outsiders and all women are forbidden to attend. The people practice matrilineal culture. They speak a Bantu language called kiyaka, derived from the Niger-Congo dialects. The…