By Wallace Mawire and Richmore Tera.
From ashes to dust.
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News Of The South) – The adage rings loud and popular from the Bible, pulpits and right into the ears of jack, Jill and Judith.
While cremation might be something of a taboo to the Zimbabwean, let alone African culture, it however is becoming ‘fashionable’, acceptable and in a way an alternative way of seeing off our beloved ones.
Alternative in that cremation does not require burial space: alternative in that it gives you can carry with you the “body” of your late beloved one anywhere for “burial” without all the expenses that are associated with travelling with the actual body.
While cremation has been fiddle for the Western movies, the fact is that it has come home right on our doorsteps.
Funerals and burials have assumed a new face .
All this has been said by Michael Monson, the funeral director of Monson Funeral Services. This is a Zimbabwean funeral service provision company that has taken an extra mile in sending off the departed While to many Zimbabweans, a coffin and eventual burial is the norm, to Monson Funeral Services, cremation is another way to go.
And in closer relationship to the term, “monsoon”, which is defined as a strong seasonal wind, Michael, says their aim is to wipe away people’s sorrows in times of grieving and sending off the departed ones.
“The loss of a loved one is an emotional experience. We at Monson Funeral Services are here to ease the burden in your time of bereavements,” said Michael.
No wonder Michael boasts of vast experience in the industry.
He started off working at Doves and Morgan at the age of 15 as a mortician, to rise to the ranks of managing director at Calundike based in Ruwa.
He has also been instrumental for the trajectory that Nyaradzo Funeral Services have assumed in their productive path, while Glen Forest Crematorium – a private-owned funeral company.
While Michael is involved in the funeral service system, where he is also the principal funeral director of Monosn, he happens to have an Olympian touch to him: he is an avid squash and golf player.
“In terms of mentorship, Mark Jones (late), Teddy Nyamurera, Gordon Howard (late), Bill Harmenel Snr (late) and Paul Alichindamba were all instrumental in my career and all these are my mentors,” said Michael.
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