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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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