FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:
FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:
FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:
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The girls danced for a while and then were dropped to the ground. They then fonned<br />
a circle with their tutors while other anamkungwi continued to dance.<br />
25. Lelele kalambe (repeated several times) Lelele, go and kneel<br />
The following songs were from other sources:<br />
26. Kaluluwe, kaluluwe<br />
Kayende m 'bwalomu<br />
27. Kudzakoko, kamsal/<br />
Komake namwali<br />
Kuli nkhuku nkatenga<br />
You hare, you hare<br />
Go and walk in the ground<br />
Coming there, small millet<br />
At the initiate's mother<br />
There is chicken I will take<br />
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The above two songs are sung while the girls enter the ground whether they come on<br />
their tutors' shoulders or not.<br />
28. Chigumukire, kaya, de!<br />
Chigumukire<br />
Yaya lero, yaya lero<br />
Kupanda mwana kutero<br />
Chagumukiraaa!<br />
29. Kayalani mayi<br />
Kayalani mphasa<br />
Kayalani namwali agonepo<br />
30. Tindiwe, x 3<br />
Wabvala mkanda wanji<br />
Wabvala kaserekete<br />
Falling apart, don't know, de!<br />
Falling apart<br />
Yaya today, yaya today<br />
Being childless is like<br />
It has fallen apart!<br />
Spread the mat mother<br />
Spread the mat<br />
Spread the mat for the girl to lie down<br />
Tindiwe (Name ofa bird)<br />
What type ofbead are you wearing<br />
She is wearing the fine bead<br />
The girls lined up in front of the drummers, and while dancing and bowing a little,<br />
people came and gave them money. When they finished they walked away to the<br />
seclusion house. I was infonned that only their tutors and a few trusted friends of<br />
their mothers are allowed there. We therefore left for our home.<br />
In the evening the girls perfonned a door-to-door ritual. They went to each home in<br />
the village kupala moto (to take a hot piece of firewood). I observed as they came to<br />
our home with their heads covered. They lay flat at the door of the kitchen with their<br />
heads facing toward the kitchen. Their tutors covered the girls' entire bodies with a<br />
piece ofcloth. The tutors stood singing until my infonnant's father gave them money.<br />
Then the girls stood up, went into the kitchen, picked a hot piece of firewood each,<br />
and walked away to another house.