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Because anger, being an essential in man and a symbol of life as a human, is seated in the throat, strangling and throttling are regarded as very serious interference in a person’s life and dignity. “If a man is touched on the chest or the stomach or the head, then there will be a question, ‘What do you want to do, touching me on this part of the body?’ But if the touching is on the throat, then the question is not even asked. It is known clearly that the man touching desires to kill. So there is no more speaking. The time of speaking is past. Now the thing has become very serious in that the throat has been touched.”
- Source: Berglund, Axel-Ivar. Zulu thought-patterns and symbolism. Uppsala: Swedish Institute of Missionary Research, 1976.
- Culture: Zulu
- Location: Africa