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Family and Religious Studies with BukuZ Virtual Buddy Class Notes(Day 1) Topic :Totemism significance and application today Questions under topic 1. Discuss the function of totems IR, show how they are still relevant in your country? 2. "Totems seek to establish kinship between the spirit world and the physical "Discuss? 3. What is the relevance of totems to you society today Today (25) INSTRUCTOR: F.Bukutu 4wardbukutu42@gmail.com/0774985698 to join the WhatsApp virtual Buddy Classroom 8 July 2018 Defination of Terms -A totem is an animal or emblem with symbolic ,religious meaning to a certain group of people. Significance of totems to the Shona and Ndebele Societies. \#1.Totemism and kinship (hukama) -In traditional Zimbabwean and African culture, kinship is two-pronged and can be established on either bloodline or a totem. - Extended family is made up of intricate kinship, with parents, children, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters, all regarding each other as closely related. - The word "cousin" does not exist in sub-Saharan languages/dialects, and kinship ends at the nephew and niece level. -On a father's side (which is more important being traditionally a patrilineal society) there is the actual father and big and small fathers, brothers and sisters. On the maternal side are l