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It is a taboo for a menstruating woman or man who had sexual<br />
intercourse and has not cleansed himselfto enter a cattle byre. It<br />
is also taboo for a Swazi to many a member <strong>of</strong>his or her clan<br />
or a member<strong>of</strong>the royal family to get into contact with a dead<br />
body.<br />
Ngako -ke singasho kutsi tinyenti kakhulu tintfo letitilwako emmangweni<br />
nasesiveni semaSwati, lelrukholelwa kutsi tingentiwa. Nakwentekile tentiwa<br />
tingaletsa bubi lobukhulu eveni nasenmdenini walowo lokwentile. Kutila<br />
tintfo letitsite kuvame kuba nebubi kanye nebuhle. Lokunye lokubi kuvame<br />
kubhekiswa emfatini Njengekutsi umfati akemi emkhamhatsini kumbe embi<br />
kwemadvodza, umfati lozilile akahambi emphakatsini futsi akamtsintsi<br />
nenmtfwana. KutiIa tintfo letitsite kubuye kube kuhIe ngobe kukhutsata<br />
inhIonipho ekwenteni tintfo letitsite kanye nekutiphatseni kahIe kwemuntfu.<br />
Kasenene (1993) uyibeka kanje:<br />
Positively, taboos promote respect for important places and people by<br />
attaching sacredness and hollyness to them. They also promote<br />
attitude <strong>of</strong>care and responsibility in different age groups or a category<br />
<strong>of</strong>people.<br />
Leminye imindeni iye itiIe nekudIa netintfo letitsite. Kungaba titjalo tilwane<br />
nome titfo letitsite esilwaneni Iabangatidli. Baka DIamini abayidli imvu<br />
lemnyama, mngwaja., bese kutsi emakhosana nemakhosatana awawudli<br />
mnbhidvo welihhala Patricks (2002:9) uphindze atsi :<br />
Taboo can be passed on through marrige to certain members <strong>of</strong>other<br />
clans for example, if a Motsa man takes a Mlotsa girl as a wife, his<br />
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