NDIMA YA 1

Tshiko tshi ṱalutshedza zwauri dindi ḽa hone a ḽi tou bwiwa-vho ḽa lingana na ḽine
ḽa vhulungelwa khaḽo muthu lini, ḽi ḓi tou vha ḽo eḓanaho yone ṱhoho. Vha dovha
hafhu vha sumbedzisa uri vhathu vha dzhenelelaho kha mushumo uyo ndi vha
lushaka. Arali muthu wa hone o vha a na zwifuwo zwawe, hu a ṱhavhiwa na
kholomo. Muhumbulo muhulwane wa sa vhe wa ṋama, wa vha wa u itela uri
musi ṱhoho iḽa i tshi dzheniswa dindini i vhe yo putelwa nga mukumba wayo.
Fhedzi arali mufu a lovha a si na tshawe, ṱhoho iḽa i putelwa nga nguvho. Muthu
ane zwo mu fara, u vha ene o takulaho iyo ṱhoho musi i tshi ya u vhulungwa.
Tshiko tsha mafhungo 5 vha ḓadzisa maambiwa ayo nga u ri musi ṱhoho iyo i sa
athu u dzheniswa fhaḽa dindini, hu thoṅwa nga u longelwa zwiambaro zwawe. U
ya nga ha lutendo lwavho vha ri zwi ita uri munukho wazwo une wa bva kha ene
muṋe u tshi ṱangana na iyo ṱhoho zwi ḓi nga ndi muvhili wawe. Izwo zwa ḓo
thusa kha ḽa uri muya wawe u eḓele nga mulalo. Musi mushumo uyo u kati,
khadzi i a vha i khou ambelela. Nga izwo vha vha vha na fulufhelo ḽa uri muya
wawe u ḓo awela zwavhuḓi.
Stayt (1931:163) musi a tshi khwaṱhisedza-vho iḽo fhungo u ri :
Sometimes a man dies away from home and it is quite impossible
for his body to be brought back and properly buried. If his spirit
becomes troublesome and requires to be propitiated by a sacrifice
at the grave, a fictious funeral is enacted. A sheep is slaughtered
and its head used to symbolize the dead man’s corpse, a grave is
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