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As a sacred place, certain taboos and regulations are<br />
attached to the byre. A woman who is mourning her<br />
husband or is in her menstrual period, for example,<br />
is not allowed to enter the byre.<br />
Lokusho kutsi nangabe Iowa mfati afuna bulonge nome umcuba umela<br />
bantfwana atobatfuma. Nakute ekhaya ubacela kubomakhelwane ngobe<br />
kungena kwakhe esibayeni kuyatila.<br />
Emathuna nawo ngulenye indzawo lapho kuhlala khona emadloti.<br />
Kungaleso sizatfu emathuna akabi khashane nelikhaya. Uthuna lenhloko<br />
yelikhaya Iona vele Iiba ngenhla kwesibaya lapho bema khona nababika<br />
losaphuma asaya emathuneni. Nome nje ngenca yesilungu bantfu<br />
sebangcwatjwa ndzawonye, kodvwa umuntfu uyalibekisa Iithuna lemndeni<br />
kuze nasekufanele ayebakhulumisa angabi nayo inkinga ngobe kuyenteka<br />
imphambo itsi akayewukhuluma ethuneni lalowo muntfu. EmaSwati-ke<br />
akakhulumi nalabaphasi nangabe kunenkinga kuphela, kodvwa nome<br />
kujatjuliwe nome kUbongwa lokutsite. Loku kwakuvele kuyinkholo<br />
yemaSwati futsi akwenta ngekwetsemba kutsi lamadloti abo ngawo<br />
latawakhulumela naMvelincanti. Kungako tihlonishwa letindzawo<br />
emakhaya emaSwati.<br />
Inkholo yebekuhamba yatsi nayifika kwadzingeka kutsi bantfu bashiye<br />
emakhaya abo bayewubutsana etindlini temasontfo lapho kusuke<br />
sekuhlangene imindeni leyehlukene futsi sekunenhlonipho yakhona<br />
leyeyeme emculwini. Ngetulu kwako konkhe kuhlonishwa Mvelinchanti<br />
lokukholelwa kutsi nguye lowadala konkhe lokukhona emhlabeni.
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