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obumhlophe, kube sekuvela ukuthi lomoya
obumgulisa uthwasa ubuvela kuphi.
Abantu bathi izangoma ondlela-zinuka-umswani, basho ngoba kuhlale kuhlatshwa
kwasangoma. Kulokhu kuhlaba kuba nezitho ezithile ezifunelwa ukucola idlozi.
Zona lezo zitho futhi ziyalikhuthaza idlozi. Kuhlatshwa izimbuzi ngoba kufuneka
izinyongo eziwuphawu lokunamathela kwedlozi kumuntu elimngenileyo. Uma
umuntu egcotshwa ngenyongo, lokho kukhuthaza idlozi ukuba lihlale naye 10
muntu elimngenile. Uma kubulawa isilwane sedlozi, kudingeka ukuba uthwasa
aliphuze igazi. Ngokwenza njalo usuke ephuzisa lona idlozi ngoba umoya
wedlozi ukuye futhi udla kuye. Kudla yena bese kudla idlozi elikuye.
Uma izinhlungu sezehlile, kube sekufuneka ukuba ithwasa linqwanjiswe noma
libhudwe ngebomvu. Kukabili-ke, lingabhudwa ngebomvu noma Iicakwe
ngomcako. Uma uyise wethwasa, ethwasa emanzini, amathwasa akhe acakwa
ngomcako kodwa uma uyise wethwasa ngaphandle, ubhuda ngebomvu.
3.8 Ukufihlelwa kwethwasa
Ukufihlelwa kwethwasa kungeminye yemizamo yokuqeqesha ithwasa. lsangoma
sikwenza samdlalo kanti sifuna ukubona ukuthi ithwasa aliboni, uyise ube
esebona ukuthi usenomsebenzi omkhulu wokukhanyisa imihlahlo. Uma ithwasa
Iifihlelwa, lifihlelwa noma yini. Uma likwazile ukuyithola leyo nto
ebcllyifihlelwe, leyo mpahla iba ngeyalo. Lokhu kuwuhlobo lokukhuthaza idlozi.
UKohler, (1941:24) ubeka kanje:
This time to hide things from the ithwasa comes
after he has put on the irninqwambo. When you
go to a hut in which there are amathwasa, you
take a thing and conceal it, then you come to the
amathwasa and say, '0 Chiefs! Let the learner
come out and find the object.' There upon that
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