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Avoid dehumanising widowhood rites-women told
Kwesimintsim (W/R), April 29, Ghanadot/GNA-
Mrs Angelina Wood,
Connexional Women's Division
Director of the Methodist Church has called for the
cessation of the performance of stressful and dehumanising
widowhood rites.
She said it was sad that such a negative practice was
usually spearheaded by elderly women in their society.
Mrs Wood said this during activities marking the 47th annual
synod of the Sekondi diocese of the Methodist church at
Kwesimintsim over the weekend.
She was speaking on the theme "oh! Holy Spirit, establish us
in the Lord Jesus for the unfinished task-the role of the
Christian women in the church".
Mrs Wood said the widowhood rites initially, were aimed at
driving away the ghosts of the deceased, but the dimension
it has taken nowadays makes the widows emotionally unstable,
confused and irrational in their thinking.
She said Christians and the church could assist them
overcome their grief and pain by visiting, praying,
counselling and motivating them.
Mrs Wood appealed to Christians not to allow outmoded
customs and traditions to continue and that they should take
remedial steps to reverse its negative impact.
She also spoke about the improper dressing among the youth,
which she said should be reverse and urged parents to advice
their children on the effects of shabby and provocative
dressing.
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