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lowentelwa kutsi inkhosi itewukhetsa bafati. Kodvwa nakwentekile yabakhona<br />
intfombi lebukekako emehlweni enkhosi iyakhetfwa leyo ntfombi ibese ingena<br />
emkhatsini webantfwabenkhosi ngobe isuke seyiliphovela lenkhosi.<br />
Kunetibongo letingasondzeli ebukhosini njengabaka Simelane. Loku<br />
kwesukela enkhosikatini Lojiba Simelane labetekwe yinkhosi Sobhuza I lokutsi<br />
abengahloniphi etinhlendlweni ahamba nalapho angahambi khona<br />
emakhosikati. Ngako-ke nome ingaze ibe yinhle kwani intfombi yalesibongo<br />
ingeke iyikhetse inkhosi. Hall (1998:84) utsi:<br />
The reed Dance is <strong>of</strong>ten distorted by<br />
foreign observers into a function not for<br />
the Queen Mother, but for His Majesty<br />
"The uninformed say it saves as a "female<br />
market place"where he chooses· a new<br />
wife:<br />
Uchubeka achaze kwekutsi bafati benkhosi bakhetfwa ebantfwini bayo<br />
ngetindlela letehlukene etibongweni letitsite kulandzelwa emasiko latsite<br />
esive. Kuyenteka emhlangeni inkhosi ikhetse, kuyenteka ingakhetsi. Hall<br />
(1993) ubika kutsi inkhosi igidza nebangani bayo ihamba embikwetintfombi<br />
natigidza ihle ima imamatseka nome igobondzeJe ibeka Iihawu embikwato<br />
isuke ikhombisa kubonga, kutinikela nekujabulela bantfu bayo<br />
labasayihlonipha ngobe phela abakatiteli kodvwa basukume ngobe<br />
seyibamemetile kutewuchuba lelisiko lemaSwati lelemiselwa tintfombi<br />
kusukela ekudzabukeni kwalesive.<br />
Kwengeta kuloko lokushiwo ngu Hall (Iocashuniwe) ngenhla, kubakhona<br />
kwenkhosi kulomkhosi ihambisana nenina wesive, kuveta inhfonipho<br />
etinhlangotsini totimbili. Bantfu bayo bahloniphile ngekudzela konkhe<br />
batinikele ekuhushweni ngumoya nemakhata bahamba ngetinyawo Iibanga<br />
lelidze. Nayo-ke seyiyakhombisa kutsi iyabahfonipha ngekutsi
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