AVATAR AND SWAZILAND
-Lee and Lisa Smith Sawubona, So, what do the movie Avatar and the tiny country of Swaziland have in common? I greeted you with the Swazi word for “hello” or “Sawubona” (sawuˈɓona/). However, its roots have the much more significant meaning of “I see you.” This is the same greeting that the Na’vi characters use in the film Avatar. “I see you,” as explained by our missionary friends, doesn’t imply just ordinary seeing; instead it really means, “I see myself in your eyes.” The spiritual...
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