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This page groups sacred sites by whether their sacred status is still actively maintained. Wikipedia notes that Mircea Eliade "argues that while the concept of a sacred space is often associated with religious traditions, it is not exclusive to them," since secular societies can keep treating a place as significant too. Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a site with living religious observance apart from one preserved mainly for its history.

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What Defines This Grouping
Places in the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and Mozambique held under the authority of Manyika lineage and territorial spirits: mountains, pools and groves approached through mediums and elders, and governed by prohibitions rather than marked by built shrines. 2
Peoples and Traditions Covered
Manyika is one of the Shona-speaking clusters, with Zezuru, Karanga, Korekore and Ndau, distinguished by dialect and locality. It is a subdivision within a larger grouping, not a separate religion. 2
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Manyika Shona sacred sites

This small group holds a sacred site of the Manyika, a Shona people of the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, a place bound to their ancestral and spirit traditions.

The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes its significance within the living Manyika Shona tradition.

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Manyika sites of the Shona tradition.

Source The Shona Peoples: An Ethnography of the Contemporary Shona, with Special Reference to their ReligionMichael F. C. Bourdillon
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Shona Peoples: An Ethnography of the Contemporary Shona, with Special Reference to their Religion
Michael F. C. Bourdillon, Mambo Press, 1987on territorial spirits and their shrinesView the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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