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ngoba kokunye lisuka lihamba nomuntu ongabonwayo olihola aze ayolibeka
kuleyo mithi. Lithi liyimba libe litshelwa nendlela yokuyithaka nesifo eyoselapha.
UMsimang, (1975:307) ubeka kanje:
Le mbuzi yokuqala inemikhuba yayo.
Okokuqala kufuneka ibe mnyama bhuqe.
Okwesibili ukuthi ivele ihlatshwe kuthathwe
inyongo yayo nobuhlalu oburnhlophe nebomvu
kufihlwe, ngalokho liyavivinywa ithwasa.
Imbuzi yemvuma ilusizo kakhulu ekuqeqeshwe!1i kwethwasa. Ithi ingahlinzwa,
ithwasa lifihlelwe inyongo, ibomvu kanye nobuhlalu obumhlophe. Lokhu
umngoma othwasayo ukwenzela ukubona ukuthi 10 muntu uzokwethwasa
ngempela na? Ithwasa lihlala lihlale, kufika ukuthi zikhona izinto azifihlelwe,
lisukuma phansi liyozifuna lezi zinto, lizithole libuye nazo. Kuba injahulo enkulu
umngoma esebona ukuthi nebala 10 muntu uzokwethwasa ngempela.
UKrige, (1936:306) uthi:
The gall ofthe goat, together with the contents of
the bladder, is administered to the patient, who is
also smeared with this mixture on the head,
shoulders, arms, back and legs.
Next he is steamed, together with the bladder.
The function ofthis nqwambisa ceremony would
seem to be to establish definite contact, through
the intermediary of the sacrificial victim,
between the afilicted person and the spirits.
Inyongo yembuzi namanzi ayo, isetshenziswa
ethwaseni futhi libuye ligcotshwe ngayo
ekhanda, emahlombe, ezingalweni, emhlane
nasemilenzeni. Libe seligquma ithwasa ngayo
inyongo ethelwe emanzini. Aphinde agqume
nangesinye sayo imbuzi. Lo mcimbi
wokunqwambisa ungowokuxhumanisa umuntu
namadlozi.
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