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An example of participative unit is the bandle of wood traditional
carried by rural woman on their heads to make fire or provide energy.
The bandle ofwood is a tight unit and cannot be broken.
Ifthey are loosened however, individual pieces can be brooken quite
easily. This also demonstrates the strength ofcollectivity. Hammond ­
Tooke (1993:66) yena uchaza inkhatsa atsi:
The inkbatsa symbolised the chieftainship and the unit of the
chiefdom. It consisted ofthe thickgrass coil about 80 cm in diameter,
to which was added the body dirt ofkings and their closest relatives,
and other matter touched by royalty. It was believed to protect the
king and the chiefdom from misfortune.
Empeleni sive kumbe umndeni lobumbeue waba yikhatsa uvame kuvikeleka
etitseni. KwehJnkana kwesive kungenisa titsa. Sive semaSwati srvame
kusebenta ngekubambisana kutsatfwe tincumo ndzawonye.
4.4.4. KUSISA
EmaSwati sive "lesiwatisa kakhulu emasiko. Lisiko lekusisa belibaluleke
kakhulu esiveni. Noko -ke kuletinsuku seliya ngekunyamalala. Phela
enmSwati lamanyenti asahlala emadolobheni nasetabelweni, lapho
kungasafuywa khona Kusisa bekuligugu kakhulu ngobe bekwentiwa
ngenhJoso yekusita. Singasho kutsi lelisiko belentelwa kukhomba
buvelwano ebantfwini. Umnumzane lonjingile lonetinkhomo letinyenti,
kulesinye sikhatsi bekwenteka aboleke imindeni lehJuphekile tinkhomo.
Ikakhulukati letinsikati batewukwati kutfola lubisi. Kulesinye sikatsi
bomakhelwane bebasiselwa ngetinkhomo telmlirna, kusiswe nemasimu
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