NDIMA YA 1

Izwo zwo mbo khwaṱhisedzwa nga Mbiti (1969:132) musi a tshi ri :
It is the concept of most African cultures that man does not die. It is the
physical body that dies, the spirit escapes and goes to some unknown
place, hence the performance of Malombo dance.
Mbiti ri wana a tshi tikedzwa nga Nḓou (1993:57) ane a tshi amba nga iḽi fhungo
e : “The Vhavenḓa uphold a dualist idea of the person, it is their earnest belief
that the dead man cannot be destroyed. When he dies, it is the soul which
disappears.”
Musi ro lavhelesa zwe zwa ambiwa afho nṱha u nga tendelana nazwo wo sedza
fhungo ḽa uri u ya nga mvelele ya Vhavenḓa, muthu musi o fa, muya wawe u vha
u khou mona-mona u tshi ṱoḓa u vhona zwine zwa khou bvelela kha vho salaho
kha ḽo omaho. Lufu lu dzhiiwa sa muratho wa u bva kha shango ḽa vha tshilaho u
ya kha shango ḽa vha sa tshili. Ndi u bva kha shango ḽa zwi vhonalaho u ya kha
shango ḽa zwi sa vhonaliho. Vhavenḓa vha tenda kha ḽa uri muthu uyo u vha a
tshi khou ya ha vhomakhulukuku wawe. Tshiko tsha mafhungo 4 musi vha tshi
amba nga ha lufu vha ri : “…ndi u tshinyala. Afha ndi musi ho sedzwa uri muvhili
u vha wo swika kha magumo a lwendo lwawo, tsho salaho khawo hu a swiṱwa.”
Ngeno tshiko tsha mafhungo 3 vha tshi ḓadzisa iḽo ḽo ambiwaho vha ri : “Lufu ndi
u swifhalelwa ha vhathu. Arali lwa wa muḓini, mihumbulo ya vhathu i a xela-xela
na nḓaḓo ya vha hone.” Ndi ngazwo Fanberg na Feinberg (1988:117) vhone vha
tshi zwi vhea nga ḽa u ri : “Death is the final indignity to man.” Ndi zwa vhukuma
lufu ndi u lozwea ha vhutshilo ha muthu. Afha ndi hone hune ra nga ri ndi
magumoni a vhutshilo.
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