FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:

would punish her in different ways, such as pinching her, rolling her on the ground,
taking offall her clothes and passing her on to one another like a ball, and so on.
44. Sinkadabweratu ine
Sinkadabweratu pano
Yandiendetsa nnkhole yakoyi
I would not have come, me
I would not have come here
It is your menses that have made me walk
It is because the girl has reached puberty that 'I am found here for the rite.'
45. Bvulani tioneko, tioneko, kodi
Bvulani tioneko uchembere
Ati siuyu tioneko
Undress so that we see, we see
Undress so that we see womanhood
They say, here it is we see
As the women sang the above song three women took off their own clothes, one by
one until they were left with only big short pants, and continued to sing:
46. Uyo apande kubvula pano
Ali ngwala
The one who does not take offclothes
It means she is in menses
The women told the initiates, 'Now that you have been initiated, do not go out and tell
others that you saw so and so's nakedness!' My informant said that if people were
generous in their giving ofthe monetary gifts, even the male drummer would take off
his clothes (except his underwear) and dance.
It was now in the morning and many women had walked out. About thirty were
remaining and some women were saying 'let us do quickly for it is now clear.' 1 soon
understood what they meant. It was sex education time. Three pairs of women
demonstrated first, then three women would pair with the three initiates and perform
also. The first rite was how to bath the husband:
47. Ukatere, ukatere,
Potsuka oMwale
You go and do like this, like this
When cleaning Mr. Mwale (name)
They showed the wife bathing the husband from the head, part by part, washing and
stretching him, down to the feet. When the three pairs finished, one from each pair
formed a pair with the initiate and did as shown.
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