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The spiritual significance of water


                                                     Nomtha Menye











































            Nomtha Menye, a MA student of            Feb). The motivation behind              to water, which respects its spiritual
            Sociology at the Nelson Mandela          Nomtha’s research is a concern,          significance, in face of the urban

            University, presented “The spiritual     within the contemporary context of       tendency towards  the mere

            significance of water amongst            ever increasing water scarcity, to       commodification of water as a
            Xhosa’s in the rural Eastern Cape” in    highlight and preserve the value of      utility (valuable for consumption
            the Tributaries Project Seminar (22      a more rural, indigenous approach        and washing alone).



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