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The placing of a flat stone on the dead by the eldest son is<br />
already indication that the son now becomes the head of the<br />
family. The stone will act as a guide to indicate which side of<br />
the head faced so that during the post burial ritual<br />
ceremonies the stone will be anointed.<br />
Vha dovha hafhu vha sumbedzisa uri ṅwana uyo wa mufu u vha o no sala e ene<br />
khotsi muṱani. Vhuḓifhinduleli ho no vha kha ene. Nga murahu ha izwo, ṱanzu ḽa<br />
Mutshetshete kana ḽa Muswoswo ḽi a dzhiiwa ḽa ṱomiwa henefho nṱha ha ḽivhiḓa.<br />
Muhumbulo muhulwane wazwo ndi wa uri mufu a wane murunzi khaḽo. Vha vha<br />
na fulufhelo ḽa uri arali muthu a vhetshelwa Mutshetshete u mbo ḓi tou fhumula a<br />
tou ‘tshete’. Lune na u vhuya a tshi ḓa u dina vhathu a nga si tsha vhuya.<br />
Tshiko tsha mafhungo 1 vha ṱalutshedza zwauri musi mutshetshete u tshi vho<br />
dovha wa simuwa zwavhuḓi, zwi mbo vha tshiga tsha u sumbedza vhathu uri<br />
mufu o tshimbila zwavhuḓi lwendoni lwawe. Nga iṅwe nḓila zwi amba u<br />
ṱanganedzwa hawe nga vhadzimu. Vha tenda kha ḽa uri kha vhoṱhe vho salaho<br />
zwi ḓo vha nakela. Khavho tshiila tsha vha tsho fhela.<br />
U ya nga ha maitele a Vhavenḓa, musi vhathu vho no fhedza u vhulunga muthu<br />
vha ya vha ṱamba zwanḓa khoroni. Maḓi a hone a vha o sheliwa kha dongo. Izwo<br />
zwi vha zwi khou itelwa uri vha ṱambe tshika ngauri vho fara mufu. Arali vha sa<br />
ṱamba zwi dzhiiwa vha songo kuna. Hu pfi vha vha vho tshikafhala lune zwa vha<br />
vhangela mafhanza. Nga ḽi tevhelaho vhathu vha tsini na vha kule vha a ḓa u<br />
imela. Izwi ndi zwithu zwine zwa iteswa nga vhakegulu nahone nga matsheloni.<br />
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