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umuntfu ngekutsi kuvakale emaphimbo lehlukene lashwashwatako. bese<br />
sangoma siyahumusha lake lokushiwo balozi.<br />
Tangoma tibhula:<br />
(a) ngetinhlola<br />
(b) nangebalozi.<br />
Letinye tikusebentisa kokubili loku lokungenhla. kantsi letinyenti tisebentisa kunye.<br />
Sekukhona letinye letibhicanisa bungoma nebuthandazi ngekutsi tisebentise:<br />
(a) emanti esiyalu, emfula noma elwandle;<br />
(b) tintsambo letelukiwe;<br />
(c) nema1je.<br />
Uma sangoma senta umsebenti woso. sicale sibite emadioti kucala. Udloti<br />
lelikhulu lelibitwa kucala nguMvelinchanti noma Mkhuluchanti. Kubitwa<br />
uMvelinchanti nje ngobe kwatiwa kutsi nguye lowadala lizulu. umhlaba nako<br />
konkhe lokukuwo. Labanye babhali baye banhlanhlatse noma bahlaneketele<br />
emaciniso ngekutsi batsi bantfu base-Afrika bakhonta emadloti. Asikho sive<br />
lesikhonta emadloti, kepha kukhontwa uMvelinchanti lolidloti lelikhulu ngendlela<br />
yemadloti. Emadloti atsatfwanjengebachumanisi. Kasenene (1993: 20)uchaza<br />
kabanti ngemadloti ngekutsi atsi:<br />
In the worldofspirits the deadmaintain the same relationships with<br />
one another and with the living as those established on earth,<br />
performing thesamerolesin relation to theliving. Death, however,<br />
adds status and power to a person and the dead enjoy more<br />
respect than the living .... Ancestors promote the well-being ofthe<br />
individuals and ofwhole communities.<br />
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