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letiyimfica kepha kungenteka tigcine setilishumi nakungakabaleki kahle ekucaleni asabamba. Umfati nasekusondzele sikhatsi sakhe sekubeleka uhle aphuma ayewutfota tinkhuni atibeke ngasedladleni ngobe entela kutsi nasakhululekile angahlupheki njengobe utawuhlala endlini sikhatsi lesidze atiphekela. Naselifikile lelo langa kutawutsiwa make sewusendlini. Balapho kulelo khaya, ikakhulu labadzala bajabula kakhulu, kungako nasabelekile kutsiwa tidvumbu tehlukene, sewutikhululile. Uyajabula kakhulu gogo ngobe phela umfati nakabeleka usuke asekufeni, nobe yini ingenteka. Uva-nje talukati titsi sewungumuntfu. Uma umfati abeleka kuphuma bantfu balilitela batsi: Sekufike umuntfu lapha ekhaya. Kutawubekwa emakhuba phasi kungasalinywa nangabe kusikhatsi sekulima emabele. Njengobe asakhululekile make lapha ekhaya akasawabambi emabhodo, bayamphekela kudla ngobe vena akasapheki. Kutawuhamba sikhatsi agcine sekatiphekela vena kwakakhe kudla. Indvodza yakhe akalingi nekuyiphekela kudla kuyatila. Utawuniketwa kudla belikhaya. Lokunye lokubalulekile uma umfati abelekile ekhaya kutsi akangeni endlunkhulu, iyahlonishwa ngobe indlu yababetala. Radcliffe-Brown na Forde (1975:105) bayifakazela kanje lendzaba: In many districts a woman, after she has born a child, is not allowed into a great hut until the baby can crawl , when it is led to the supporting poles in hut and then into courtyard where the granny is waiting , she puts a little ash from the hearth on its forehead so that it will be the one with its fathers. Luswane lugcotjiswa libovu ngugogo nalubelekwa ekhaya. Luswane nalubelekwa ekhaya lubikwa ngugogo welikhaya kulabaphansi. Gogo utakwenta loko ngendlela yakhona nemihambo yaleso sibongo salelo khaya. 92

Nanobe umfati angafuni kutsi kwenteke loko akakwati kwala ngobe lomntfwana akusuye wakhe wesibongo salelo khaya. Nemiyalo lanikwa yona ngalesikhatsi aphuma ekhaya usayikhumbula. Umntfwana utsatsa sibongo sasemtini ngobe vele wakhona unina nobe ngabe wagidza ngesiSwati sibongo sakhe asintjiintji, utawube aloku abitwa ngaso. Asesive lombono waboRadcliffe-Brown naForde (1975:91) kutsi wona unemba kanjani: Wives always keep their own clan names and this distinguishes them as the ''strangers; the out-group. Sibongo semfati asitjintji ngobe phela vele vena wefika ngetinkhomo kulomuti akusiye wakhona. Kepha nanobe kunjalo utakumela kutsi kusekhakhakhe kulelokhaya ngekutsi ente konkhe lokufanele ngendlela yakhona. Utawushaya phasi atsi kusekhakhami lapha nakumele akusho loko. BoRadcliffe-Brown na Forde (1975:170) batsi: A wife may say ekhakhami. Nabelekile umfati bamshukela imbeleko yemntfwana yalembuti lebuya kumake wakhe. BoRadcliffe-Brown na Forde (1975:105) kufakazela lombono batsi: The maternalgrandparents also slaughter a goat to provide the baby with a carrying sling. Kudzala phela bekusetjetiswa imbeleko yesintfu lekusikhumba sembuti. Akanammema umfati lomntfwana ngalembeleko uma angakaphumi endlini. Nasaphumile endlini umntfwana asalalatelwe angaphuma endlini bese unina uyammema umntfwana wakhe. Angasacala-ke umfati ngaleso sikhatsi kutsi ente imisebenti yelikhaya ngalokufanele. BoRadcliffe-Brown na Forde (1975:91) bavumelana ngekutsi: The woman are primarily responsible for the routine work, which carries lower prestige 93

letiyimfica kepha kungenteka tigcine setilishumi nakungakabaleki kahle<br />

ekucaleni asabamba. Umfati nasekusondzele sikhatsi sakhe sekubeleka uhle<br />

aphuma ayewutfota tinkhuni atibeke ngasedladleni ngobe entela kutsi<br />

nasakhululekile angahlupheki njengobe utawuhlala endlini sikhatsi lesidze<br />

atiphekela. Naselifikile lelo langa kutawutsiwa make sewusendlini. Balapho<br />

kulelo khaya, ikakhulu labadzala bajabula kakhulu, kungako nasabelekile<br />

kutsiwa tidvumbu tehlukene, sewutikhululile. Uyajabula kakhulu gogo ngobe<br />

phela umfati nakabeleka usuke asekufeni, nobe yini ingenteka. Uva-nje<br />

talukati titsi sewungumuntfu. Uma umfati abeleka kuphuma bantfu<br />

balilitela batsi:<br />

Sekufike umuntfu lapha ekhaya.<br />

Kutawubekwa emakhuba phasi kungasalinywa nangabe kusikhatsi sekulima<br />

emabele. Njengobe asakhululekile make lapha ekhaya akasawabambi<br />

emabhodo, bayamphekela kudla ngobe vena akasapheki. Kutawuhamba<br />

sikhatsi agcine sekatiphekela vena kwakakhe kudla. Indvodza yakhe akalingi<br />

nekuyiphekela kudla kuyatila. Utawuniketwa kudla belikhaya.<br />

Lokunye lokubalulekile uma umfati abelekile ekhaya kutsi akangeni<br />

endlunkhulu, iyahlonishwa ngobe indlu yababetala. Radcliffe-Brown na<br />

Forde (1975:105) bayifakazela kanje lendzaba:<br />

In many districts a woman, after she has born a child, is<br />

not allowed into a great hut until the baby can crawl ,<br />

when it is led to the supporting poles in hut and then<br />

into courtyard where the granny is waiting , she puts a<br />

little ash from the hearth on its forehead so that it will<br />

be the one with its fathers.<br />

Luswane lugcotjiswa libovu ngugogo nalubelekwa ekhaya. Luswane<br />

nalubelekwa ekhaya lubikwa ngugogo welikhaya kulabaphansi. Gogo<br />

utakwenta loko ngendlela yakhona nemihambo yaleso sibongo salelo khaya.<br />

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