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sebakutsebulile. Jackie Mashiyane 1 utsi babe wakhe bekamtsembisa luswati
losheshe avume nakukhulekwa. Empeleni utsi likhehla lithula ungatsi kufiwe
nakunalokhulekako. Lifuna kucala libe nesiciniseko kutsi lolokhulekako ngempela
ngumuntfu nobe !ivi nje.
Phela ngesiSwati kuthandazwa ngesibongo. lngani kunenkholelo yekutsi tinyanya
ngito letidvute naMvelinchanti manje nakukhulunywa nato tiwudlulisela lula
umthandazo lowo. Sibongo sisetjentiswa kuto tonkhe timo letitsintsa kuphila
kwemaSwati. Ginindza, (1992) uyichaza kanjena lendzaba:
When sitting down to a meal in a homestead, or drinking
beer from the common pot, the sibongo is recited before and
after eating or drinking to express gratitude. Feasts of any
kind, ritual or secular, as well as council meetings at chief's
place are formally closed by reciting the sibongo of the host
and its praises. On such occasions, one person leads and
the group follows in unison. A headman who speaks to his
ancestral spirits concludes his performance with his sibongo.
(Ginindza, 1992:7).
Kuhle kwati kutsi kusetjentiswa kwesibongo emicimbini leyehlukene akugcini nje
ngemaSwati kepha kuyintfo leyentiwa beNguni. Loku kufakazelwa nguGinindza,
(1992:8) nangemavi akhe atsi:
The frequent use of sibongo in social interaction is common
not only among the Swazi, but also among other Nguni
groups of Southern Africa.
Umuntfu angasifela sibongo sakhe. lngani loku lesitsi sibongo nyalo kunemlandvo
lomudze kulabo bantfu lababitwa ngaso leso sibongo. Sibongo sivela khashane kabi.
Khumalo, (1995) encwadzini yakhe letsi: Uphoko utsi kukhona tibongo letavela
ngemagama ebantfu, kubuye kubekhona leti letavela ngetigemegeme letavelela lesi
sigejana lesitsite sebantfu kugcine letinye tibongo letavela ngetento letitsite tebantfu
labatsite. Manje kungako nje bantfu baleso sibongo basifela sibongo sabo ngobe
1 Z J (Jackie) Mashiyane ungumfundzisi eNyuvesi yaKaZulu eLitikweni lesiZulu kantsi uliNdebele ngekutalwa.
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