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23 wrz 2019 · There’s more to sawubona—the ancient Zulu greeting meaning we see you—than meets the eye. The greeting recognises that each individual is never alone – that ...
13 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 res...
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.”
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...
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.”
This Zulu greeting has been on our tongues and in our hearts for much of the past ten years. It literally means “I see you.” More than words of politeness, sawubona carries the importance of recognizing the worth and dignity of each person.
