NDIMA YA 1

Nga murahu ha miṅwaha iyo hu a vha na ḓuvha ḽine muṋango wa tea u vulwa. A
u sokou vulwa nga muṅwe na muṅwe, hu tou vha na vho teaho. Vha sumbedzisa
uri musi vha tshi vula, vha wana ho sala marambo fhedzi. Tshithu tsha
vhuṱhogwa khavho ndi marambo. Muthu ane zwo fara ene o teaho uri a ḓe a
hwale marambo ayo a ye vhulaloni hao lwa tshoṱhe. Vhulaloni ha tshoṱhe ndi kha
zwiendeulu zwa Miluwani. Marambo ayo a putelwa nga mukumba mutswu wa
kholomo ya phulu. Phele ndi dzone dzine dza bwa muḓi henengei tshiendeulu.
Mbulungo i farwa nga madekwana. Kha tshiendeulu itsho naho vha tshi vhulunga
marambo fhedzi, u ya nga ha tshiko itsho, vha ri zwi a itea uri tshiṅwe tshifhinga
hu wanale mahosi mahulwane vha tshi khou vhulungwa vho tou ralo, hu si
marambo.
Van Warmelo (1940:135) u ṱahisa-vho ḽawe musi a tshi tikedza zwe zwiṅwe
zwiko zwa amba afho nṱha nga nḓila heyi:
...those of Mphaphuli bury their chief in the bush near the
village. They dig a hole like a pit and plant musimbiri poles all
around. They make a platform inside and place the corpse upon
it. A kind of hist is constructed at the poles so that the hole is
covered in and it is smeared on the outside. This small house is
called “Tshiruxi” and it is not known to strangers. The corpse
remains there until only the bones are left. Then the sacred bull
is slaughtered and take its skin and wrap the bones up in it and
take them to the scared grave for final burial.
Ṱhanḓavhudzo i ḓaho nga tshiko 9 ndi ya uri zwi nga dzhia tshifhinga tshilapfu
vhathu vha sa ḓivhi uri mativha o xa. Vhaṅwe vha nga tou humbelela nga u pfa
tshikona tsha u vhumba iṅwe khosi tshi tshi khou lila. U ya nga ha mvelele ya
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