Mukuru
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Mukuru is the god worshipped by the Himba
people of Namibia
. Mukuru is an omnipotent deity. The deceased ancestors of the Himba are subservient to him.
More strictly, Mukuru is not exactly "the Lord, the Divinity" but the link for man with him.
In fact, he is born by the fire sprinkled by the lightning shooting Omborombongo tree (holy tree).
He could be like the holy ancestor (the Penates of Roman tradition).
Mukuru is also the name of a UK based online Money Transfer Service founded in 2005. The company are the first to offer online to mobile phone remittances to Kenya and the Philippines.
Himba
The Himba are an ethnic group of about 20,000 to 50,000 people living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene region . Recently they have built two villages in Kamanjab which have become tourist destinations...
people of Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
. Mukuru is an omnipotent deity. The deceased ancestors of the Himba are subservient to him.
More strictly, Mukuru is not exactly "the Lord, the Divinity" but the link for man with him.
In fact, he is born by the fire sprinkled by the lightning shooting Omborombongo tree (holy tree).
He could be like the holy ancestor (the Penates of Roman tradition).
Mukuru is also the name of a UK based online Money Transfer Service founded in 2005. The company are the first to offer online to mobile phone remittances to Kenya and the Philippines.