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Nakuphuma butimba, emajaha nemadvodza emaSwati asuke aphuma<br />
ayawntingela Butimba abumane buphume, nje. Buyamenywa<br />
Matsebula (1952:122) utsi emadvodza nayakutingela kumenywa<br />
butimba.<br />
Batsi nabesuka ekhaya bonkhe batsatse tagila tabo bayetibeka<br />
enkhundleni netikhali taboo Batsi nabaphelele basukume bashaye<br />
ngetagila phasi batsi: "Yingwe! "Sebayahamba -ke. Ebutimbeni<br />
kulapho kubonakala khona buchawe nebungwazi bemajaha. Batsi<br />
nabaphuma bashone etintsabeni, bahambe bahlahela tingoma<br />
tebutimba bashaye netinkwele. Matsebula (1952) utsi bahamba<br />
ngeticheme .Kutsi kungavuka inyarnatane bayinikele ngetinja.<br />
Lomunye ayihlabe , lomunye ayishaye ngesagila. Utsi tonkhe<br />
tinyamatane letibulewe tetfulwa esikhulwini.<br />
Hall (1998) yena utsi butimba buphumela Eludzidzini lapho inkhosi<br />
nemajaha basukela khona. Butimba nguleminye yemikhosi lehlonishwa<br />
kakhuluesiveni. Hall (1998:17) utsi:<br />
Butimba like all such performances held at secred royal locations,<br />
there is a deeper spiritual significance. The emadloti encestral spirits<br />
are petitioned.<br />
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