ZINDABA ZAKHO MNGOMA: INGONYULUKA BUSOWAKHE ...

Ukuphuma kwethwasa kusho ukuthi kusuke sekufike ekugcineni kokwethwasa
kwalo. Usuke naye eseyobhula ecacisa imihlahlo, eqaqa izinkinga zabantu,
Ubhulela endlini yarnakhosi. Abantu abazobhula bayasazisa isangoma
ngokukhuleka bathi; 'Makhosi!' noma bathi; 'Zindaba zakho mngoma!'
Ngaso leso sikhathi sithatha ishungu sintongele, sithimule, sishayele bese
sivunula silinde abantu bangene. Bangena nje abantu sebefikile abaphansi
bazosicacisela 10 mhlahlo.
5.2.1 Ukubhula ngamathambo
Abanye ababhuli basebenzisa amathambo ezilwane njengezimbuzi, izinkomo,
izinyoka., imihlandla yezinyoka Banolwazi lokufunda amathambo aphonswe
phansi. Lawo mathambo axoxa indaba,
UKrige, (1936:300) unaba uthi:
Amathambo or bone diviners employ bones
obtained from various wild animals while there
are diviners who have so remarkable a gift for
divination that they are able to divine without
any help at all from the inquirers.
Izangoma ezibhula ngamathambo ziwathola
ezilwaneni zasendle ezahlukene, Banesiphiwo
sokufunda amathambo aphonswe phansi. Lolu
hlobo luyakwazi ukuwachaza futhi azidingi
ukusizwa ababhuli.
Izangoma zivama ukwelekelelwa ngababhuli ngokuthi bathi; Yizwa! Yizwa! Lezo
izangoma ezibhula ngekhanda, Kukhona ezinye izangoma ezibhula amathambo.
La mathambo atholakala ezilwaneni zasendle. Lokhu kuwulwazi olujulile
kakhulu. Isangoma siwaphonsa phansi esikhumbeni amathambo. Uthi
angawachitha umngoma bese ebuka ukuma kwawo lapha esikhumbeni.
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