LUCWANINGO LOLUNZULU LOLUMAYELANA NEKUBALULEKA ...

Kutawutsi ngakusasa ekuseni inyongo yelugege kugijinyiswane ngayo.
Bayeni batayiphosa lena ekhabo mlobokati nabo bakhabo mlobokati
bayitsatse bayiphose kulelicadzi lebayeni. Kungumdlalo-nje lowentiwako.
Lomdlalo wenteka sigaba lesinyentana seloku kugijinyiswana ngayo
lenyongo. Nakujikijelwa lenyongo kucalwa ekhabo jaha kugcinwe ekhabo
mlobokati. Uma kUjikijelwana ngalenyongo kusuke kufunwa inhlanti.
Inhlanti yintfombatana letawuhlantela umlobokati lena emendvweni wakhe.
Nakungenteka umlobokati angatfoli bantfwana inhlanti ngiyo letamtfolela
bantfwana. Manning (1967:203) ukubeka kanjena:
If after some years of marriage, a woman has no
children she will, of her own volition, approach her
parents and ask them to give her a sister to help her. If
the sister is available they will comply with the request,
as they are.
Kuye kube kuhle kutsi nangabe umlobokati ayinyumba abe ati kutsi ngubani
lotambambela umuti wakakhe amtfolele bantfwana. BoRadcliffe-Brown
naForde (1975:185) bona bawubona ngeliso lelinje lombono.
A younger sister should also be sent to bear children
for a barren woman.
Nakungenteka kutsi umlobokati atfole bantfwana bemantfombatana kuphela
kungabi nemfana, inhlanti iyalandvwa itomtalele bantfwana bebafana.
BoRadcliffe-Brown naForde (1975:103) bakufakela kanje:
Ifa woman has no child orifshe has born
only daughters, she may ask her brother
to provide an inhlantL
Inhlanti letalwa ngumnakabomlobokati lomdvuna ngiyona nhlanti ledzingeka
kakhulu. Nakukhulunywa ngenhlanti kusuke kushiwo yona, kodvwa kuye
kube netikhatsi lapho nakute kulandvwe umuntfu waseceleni nobe
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