FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:
FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:
FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:
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Mzako akati tsegula<br />
Kodi mtsegula bwa?<br />
Uku phunthu uku phunthu<br />
Pakati palenga de/a<br />
Tandiuza chalenga dela<br />
Chalenga dela m 'nkhole<br />
Nkhole yanga ndiukulu<br />
Phungu liri ndi mwambo<br />
Tsinkhinthi, mwambo m 'nkhole<br />
Kafunde, funda mwambo<br />
Mzako akati sendera<br />
Kodi msendera bwa?<br />
Uku kuli bawe uku bawe<br />
Pakati palenga dela<br />
Tandiuza chalenga dela<br />
Chalenga dela m 'nkhole<br />
Nkhole yanga ndiukulu<br />
Phungu liri ndi mwambo<br />
Sinkhinthi, mwambo m 'nkhole<br />
KajUnde, jUnda mwambo<br />
Mzako akati ndagona<br />
Ndagona kalambilambi<br />
Kalambilambi wamnjira<br />
Uyo apita wampsyitikiza<br />
Tandiuza wampsyitikiza<br />
Wampsyitikiza m 'nkhole<br />
Nkhole yanga ndiukulu<br />
Phungu liri ndi mwambo<br />
Tsinkhinthi, mwambo m 'nkhole<br />
Kafunde, funda mwambo<br />
When your friend says open<br />
How do I open?<br />
There is a mount here and one here<br />
And a gap in the middle<br />
Tell me what has caused the gap<br />
The menses have caused the gap<br />
My menses is adulthood<br />
The tutor has counsel<br />
The menses counsel is secret<br />
Learning, learn the counsel<br />
When your friend says move closer<br />
How do I move closer?<br />
There is a mat here and a mat there<br />
And a gap in the middle<br />
Tell me what has caused the gap<br />
The menses have caused the gap<br />
My menses is adulthood<br />
The tutor has counsel<br />
Menses counsel is secret<br />
Learning, learn the counsel<br />
When your friend says I lie<br />
I lie flat<br />
Lying flat on the path<br />
Everyone passing steps on<br />
Tell me who steps on<br />
The menses step on<br />
My menses are adulthood<br />
The tutor has counsel<br />
Menses counsel is secret<br />
Learning, learn the counsel<br />
Throughout the initiation period, the girls learn these sayings and the songs, for the<br />
sayings also serve as a password after their initiation. 3 ? However, my informants said<br />
that a girl cannot master all of them at her own initiation ceremony. She must attend<br />
other girls' initiations in order for her to learn more and be able to instruct others.<br />
After 'cutting the head', the girls (covered all round with cloth) are led to the mtengo wa<br />
namwali (the initiate's tree). At the tree, while the girls lie face down and are covered,<br />
the women sing and dance round them. Two women drummers also perform their<br />
drumming skill. One significant rite at the tree is the 'capturing' of the 'animal' which<br />
occurs after the singing and pointing at the girls:<br />
Chagona, chagona apa nchiani<br />
Chimzenga, chimzenga<br />
Lying, what is lying here?<br />
It is an animal, animal<br />
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