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asati sinanatelo sakhe. Inhlonipho ernkhatsini webantfu ibonakala kahle<br />
ngetinanatelo. Umuntfu nakananatelwa uyajabula. Uma, nje umfati<br />
Iowendzile abonga ngesinanatelo endvodzeni yakhe atsi : ngiyabonga<br />
Kunene ! Madonsela, Mtimandze, Bhambolunye . Lowo Mnumzane utiva<br />
amkhulu, atsandvwa futsi ahlonishwa.<br />
Ginindza (1992:7) ufakaza utsi:<br />
When sitting down to a meal in a homestead or drinking beer from the<br />
common pot, the sibongo is recited before and after eating or drinking<br />
to express gratitude.<br />
Nangabe 1enyeindvodza ikhulekela ekhaya Iemnumzane, Isebentisa sibongo<br />
salelo khaya isengakangeni ngisho nesangweni kukhombisa inhlonipho.<br />
Ngesintfu -ke nangabe kuphahlwa, kukhulunywa nemadloti , sibongo yintfo<br />
lebalulekile Iesetjentiswa ngumnumzane walelo khaya, Ekubongeni<br />
1abaphansi . Kantsi futsi nakute1we umntfwana lomncane ekhaya<br />
kungumsebenti wenina kutsi ambongelele ngesibongo seyise nakakhala.<br />
Nakwentekile angathuli Iabadzala baye batsi akaphumele naye ngapbandle<br />
ayemthulisela khona. Ginindza(I992:8) utsi:<br />
This practice served as a check on adultery and on breach <strong>of</strong> clan<br />
exogamy because breach <strong>of</strong> clan exogamy is taboo and persons who<br />
grow up under a clan name which is not that <strong>of</strong>their natural father ,<br />
legally assume theirnatural father's clan name later in life.<br />
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