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6 sty 2021 · I want to explore with you a greeting shared by the Zulu people of South Africa. It is agreeting spoken as an invocation in two parts. One part is Sikhona, which means “I amhere to be seen”; and the other part is Sawubona, which means “I see you.”
It literally means “I see you.” More than words of politeness, sawubona carries the importance of recognizing the worth and dignity of each person. It says, “I see the whole of you—your experiences, your passions, your pain, your strengths and weaknesses, and your future. You are valuable to me.”
However, in South Africa there is a beautiful greeting in isiZulu: “Sawubona”. It is the equivalent of our “hello”, but with a much deeper meaning. When Zulus greet each other with a “sawubona”, they are literally saying “I see you” or, to be more exact, “We see you”.
21 wrz 2021 · The Zulu greeting Sawubona has been in my thoughts. I knew of it when I lived in South Africa, but I only learned its meaning years after my return home. Photo by Dubova on Adobe Stock. “I see...
25 maj 2011 · I See You. Among the tribes in Northern Natal in South Africa, the tribes greet each other with “Sawu bona” which in the English language is equivalent to saying “hello”. The phrase “Sawu bona” literally is defined as “I see you.”. If you are a member of the tribe you would reply, “Sikhona” Which in English language is ...
12 sie 2021 · Learn more about the South African greeting of Sawubona which means, we see you (my ancestors and I). Dr Tracy Brown also shares one of the best ways to respond, Sikhona, which means I am here to be seen.
To enable us to enhance our connections through gentle rituals, I started a practice of seeing others based on the Zulu word Sawubona, which is a common greeting in parts of South Africa. It means, “I see you,” and the response is, “I see you too,” or “I am here.”
