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Iiholide, alibhalwa emakhalendeni ngobe kubukwa inyanga kutsi idvulunga nini<br />
bese Iiyamenyetelwa esiveni. Lona ngumkhosi wekujuba umnyaka lapho<br />
inkhosi i1uma khona kuze sive sitewukhululeka kudla kudla lokusha. Lubisi<br />
(2002) ubuka incwala njengemkhosi wekubonga umnyaka Jophelako kanye<br />
nekungena kwemnyaka lomusha. Phela IiSwati lelisawahlonipha emasiko<br />
alilokotsi Iidle kudla lokusha inkhosi ingakalumi. Ummbila, imibhidvo<br />
nemaselwa akudliwa lelisiko Iingakentiwa. Sive sonkhe siyayihlonipha incwala<br />
ngenca yemasiko nemisimeto lentiwako lekungiyona ihlanganisa sive<br />
semaSwati. Phela sive, sive ngemasiko aso. Ngawo lamasiko lenta lesive<br />
sehluke etiveni letinyenti futsi sihlonipheke. Kasenene (1993:96) ubeka<br />
kanje:<br />
During this ritual the king dedicates the<br />
nation to the ancestors. The incwala, which is<br />
the most sacred political ceremony in<br />
Swaziland, symbolizes and promotes unity <strong>of</strong><br />
the people.<br />
Kukhona-ke leminye imisimeto lehambisana nome leyendvula<br />
incwala, lefaka ekhatsi bemanti, incwala lencane kanye<br />
nelusekwane.<br />
3.5.1 Bemanti<br />
Khumalo (2003) utsi, ngekekube nencwala kungekho bemanti. Bemanti<br />
bantfu labakhetsekile labahamba baye elwandle bayekukha emanti kanye<br />
nalamanye emakhambi lasetjentiswa ngencwala. Ngeke nani incwala<br />
ichubeke bangakabuyi bemanti. Khumalo (Iocashuniwe) uchubeka achaze<br />
kutsi lomsebenti wekuya elwandle wabekwa emahlombe ebakaNdwandwe<br />
kusukela ekucaleni. Bemanti ngabo labendvulela incwala. Nasekusondzele<br />
incwala babutsana eLudzidzini lapho basukela khona sebalibhekise elwandle
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