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ISAHLUKO SESINE<br />

4.0 UKUPHOTHULWA NOKUKHISHWA KWETHWASA<br />

4.1 Isingeniso<br />

Ukwethwasa kunezigaba ezenziwa zonke ngokulandelana ngononina. Kuqala<br />

mhla ithwasa lifika kwasangoma. Lifika lingaziwa nokuthi elakwabani,<br />

lemukelwa ngenhlokomo lenyuselwe endlini yangenhla ehlala izinkamba<br />

zamathwasa.<br />

Ngenkathi lifika umqondo walo usuke udidekile. Isangoma, uMakhosi uliphuzisa<br />

ubulawu, aligcobe ngengwebu ekhanda nasemzimbeni wonke. Lo mcimbi<br />

ungumcimbi wokuqala ngqa ekwelashweni kwethwasa. Iba miningi imicimbi<br />

elandelayo okuyiyona ingukwethwasa. Ukwethwasa kungukwelashwa<br />

okuhleliwe kwesiguli lesi. Lithi lingelashwa-ke ithwasa lisinde bese kuqhubeka<br />

ukufundiswa kwalo ukubhula okuyinto eyenzeka nsuku zonke.<br />

Kuya ngamadlozi abantu nobukhali bawo. Urna uthwasa eyivila nedlozi<br />

liyavilapha kanti uma ekhuthala ukwenza izinto azitshelwayo nedlozi liyakhuthala<br />

kubelula ukufunda izinto zobungoma. Omunye umuntu ufunda masinyane<br />

kangangokuba isangoma sivele sibone kungesenasidingo sokuba simgcine emzini<br />

waso kodwa sibone kufanele aphothulwe.<br />

UKrige, (1936:307) uthi:<br />

When the course oftraining has been completed,<br />

and the neophyte can divine on his own and<br />

dream about what inquiries or patients will arrive<br />

in the morning, there is a final ceremony at<br />

which the ancestors are thanked for the<br />

successful issue of initiation, and the initiate is<br />

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