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The bone-divinerhas a bag or string ofvarious bones ofwild<br />
animals, chieflyastragalus bones, tendons/orpiecesofhoot<br />
sometimes lion's claw, mussels or cowry shells, and perhaps<br />
a rootortwo as well .... Each bonehas its ownpraise-name<br />
and some bones have more than one.<br />
Kutsi uma kunenkinga ekhaya labadzala batsi akuyewubufwa<br />
kulababhulako. Savebaphume kulelokhaya bababili noma babanyenti<br />
bayokuva esangomeni ngaloku lokubahluphako ekhaya. Kubuyekutsiwe<br />
beyewukhulekela ematsambo.<br />
Tingubo tesangoma letifana nemahiya, emafahlawane, buhlalu<br />
netingomane noma ematjomane kuhlala endumbeni. Kasenene<br />
(1993:49) uchaza ematjomane kanje:<br />
1.7 SIPHETFO<br />
The sacred drums are used during religious rituals, especially<br />
during divination, to invoke thepowerofthe ancestors. They<br />
are also used to sendmessages andare attimes referred to<br />
as 'talking drums.<br />
Uma sikhuluma ngetangomakugcamaemagama latananalawa: sirnbo, sikhali<br />
sekumba umutsi. Tintsaba, emawa, tikhotsa emadlelweni. emagcuma<br />
nasetigodzini lapho kutfolakala khona imitsi noma timphandze. Kutsintseka<br />
emagcolo, emagala, ncu emacembe, timphandze nalokunye lokuphatselene<br />
netihlahla. Emagama lahlala asemilonyeni yetangoma nguletento: gUbha,<br />
ornlso, geza, pheka, cenga, gcoba, gata, suo, blliso, phollso, notsc, hlanta,<br />
chela, lila, betselo. chapha, bhunyisa, naletinye.<br />
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