FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:
FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:
FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:
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initiate is tested by the old, either at the spring when she goes to draw water, on the<br />
way, or some woman may come to test her at her own home. The new initiate is<br />
expected to respond according to what the examiner does or says.<br />
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Mzako akati madzi anga<br />
Madzi anga mmatunga<br />
Mmatunga kunkwapa<br />
Kuli wana wa mikango<br />
Aenda nalirima<br />
Tandiuza chalirima<br />
Chalirima m 'nkhole<br />
Nkhole yanga ndi ukulu<br />
End as in 1 above<br />
Mzako akati chikho changa<br />
Chikho changa namatola<br />
Chotunga kunkwapa 3<br />
Kuli ana amikango<br />
Aenda nalirima<br />
Tandiuza chalilima<br />
Chalilima m 'nkhole<br />
Nkhole yanga ndi ukulu<br />
End as in 1 above<br />
Mzako akati mphika wanga<br />
Mphika wanga ndimapana<br />
Ndimapana ndimakutu anyini<br />
Mtu wambolo userereka<br />
Tandiuza aserereka<br />
Aserereka m 'nkhole<br />
Nkhole yanga ndi ukulu<br />
End as in 1 above<br />
Mzako akati ndaima<br />
Ndaima mpholokoto<br />
Ngati mtengo wakudambo<br />
Pakubala ukuti wira<br />
Pakugwa ukuti lakata<br />
Tandiuza chalakata<br />
Chalakata m 'nkhole<br />
Nkhole yanga ndi ukulu<br />
End as in 1 above<br />
Kumtengo (Tree) Ritual<br />
When your friend says my water<br />
I was drawing my water<br />
I was drawing from the soil<br />
There are lion cubs<br />
They walk around roaring<br />
Tell me what has roared<br />
What has roared is menses<br />
My menses means maturity<br />
When your friend says my cup<br />
My cup, and (she) is picking (it up)<br />
It draws water from the soil<br />
There are lion cubs<br />
They walk around roaring<br />
Tell me what has roared<br />
What has roared is menses<br />
My menses means maturity<br />
When your friend says my pot<br />
My pot I was clasping<br />
I was clasping with the ears ofthe vagina<br />
The head ofthe penis is slipping<br />
Tell me what is slipping<br />
What is slipping is menses<br />
My menses means maturity<br />
When your friend says I am standing<br />
Standing upright<br />
Like a tree at the brook<br />
When bearing fruit it dangles<br />
When falling, it does so heavily<br />
Tell me what has fallen down<br />
My menses means maturity<br />
With my informant we went to the initiate's tree (mtengo wa namwali) where about<br />
fifteen women were gathered, holding a mat to form a hedge. Inside the hedge two<br />
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