Mutupo · Tshivenda
Ramunangi
Also spelled Ramunangi clan of Phiphidi.
- PeopleVhavenda
- Mutupo Ndau — lion (the clan describes itself as part of the Mudau or lion clan)
- Grouping Vhangona (own statement) / Tavhatsindi
- Surnames recorded Ramunangi, Mudau
- Places recorded Phiphidi, Thohoyandou, Vhembe District
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
About This Record
What Was Written Down
Traditional custodians of the Phiphidi waterfall's two sacred places, the rock above the falls (Lanwadzongolo) and the pool below (Guvhukuvhu), where beer and grain offerings are made to water spirits. The clan's 2008 document records that its members go by both Ramunangi and Mudau, that it lost control of the site after Venda's 1979 proclamation and the tourism development backed by the local Tshivhase headman, and that the sacred rock was destroyed by road building. The 2021 heritage article confirms the custodianship and the road damage. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
Families Tell This Differently
Families who carry this name tell parts of it differently. Each way it has been told is below.
Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- Munyadziwa Magoma and co-authors, Retrieving Intangibility, Stemming Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Sacred Places in Venda, Northern South Africa, 2021 — https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/4/249
- The Ramunangi Claim of Rights to the Sacred Sites of Phiphidi Waterfall (Lanwadzongolo and Guvhukuvhu), 2008, sacredland.org (document authored by the clan) — https://sacredland.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Ramunangi-Claim-of-Rights_15Nov08.pdf
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