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sons should not eat umbhidvo like the Mlotsa, because they were born<br />
by an Mlotsa woman. A person may undergo a ritual which enables<br />
him to eat the forbidden things safely.<br />
Empeleni kubalulekile lrutsi tintfo letitilwako tihlonishwe, ngobe silumbi<br />
sita nemtselela lomubi. Umuntfu wenta intfo atsi kutakwentekani.<br />
NgesiSwati umuntfu akemi emgcwingi, kuma makoti kuphela, mhlazana<br />
akhishelwa ligege. Umuntfwana akadli ngesancele ngobe kutsiwa<br />
utawukhohlweka etintfweni letinyenti, nenhlahla ingamengca nje angaboni.<br />
4.5. KUTILIBATISA KWEBANTFWANA<br />
Bantfwana bemaSwati njengaletinye tive temdzabu banetintfo labatilibatisa<br />
ngato, naletibafundzisa lolrutsite mayelana nemphilo. Tintfo tekutilibatisa<br />
tehlukile, kukhona kwebafana nekwemantfombatane. Tinganekwane<br />
<<br />
netiphicaphicwano kubabandzakanya bonkhe. Leminye imidlalo iyehluka.<br />
Emantfombatana atsi angadla kudla bese bayawudlala kusila. Basila<br />
umhlaba nebulongo bente bantfwana nabonina, kuphakelwe etindzengelweni<br />
babuye belekelele bonina ngeknkha emanti, bagadze nebantfwana. ZiervogeI<br />
(1957 :126) utsi :<br />
Bangakhula babe tidzandzane lesetitinkhulu babese<br />
basilela bonina. Sebayakhula baba ngematjitji, sebahle<br />
bahamba nabonina kuyakuhlakula baIindze tinyoni<br />
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