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phela umsunguli waso noma basunguli baso balidloti laleso sibongo. Ngisho nobe<br />
kukhulunywa netinyanya kusetjentiswa sona sibongo. Angeke nakancane umuntfu<br />
longasiye waleso sibongo akwati kuphahlela banikati besibongo abe vena awaka<br />
zimpentjempentje. Ngisho nemntfwana natalwa ubikwa kulabaphansi kute<br />
bamemukele kungako kubalulekile kutsi entelwe imisimeto yaleso sibongo lekufaka<br />
ekhatsi tilwane lekumeJe abhunyiselwe tona. PheJa tikhona tibongo letingevani<br />
netilwane letitsite. BakaMatsenjwa nje bayatiwa kutsi abayidli imbuti ngako-ke<br />
angeke nangeliphutsa umntfwana wakhona abhunyiselwe ngembuti ngobe kubo<br />
imbuti ngekusho kwaSolwati L F Mathenjwa 2 isetjentiselwa kulahla emakhosi akubo.<br />
Loku kuphikisana naloku lokushiwo nguKamera, (1999) latsi:<br />
The family praises are the seedbed of the clan's religious,<br />
mythological and historical bases. The Matsenjwa clan for<br />
instance, "does not eat a goat because they are afraid of its<br />
tail because it faces up". A goat is the totem of the clan and<br />
a live goat is a revered animal for the clan and a live goat<br />
was always left to die near a Matsenjwa tomb.<br />
(Kamera, 1999:12).<br />
NgesiSwati usuke utibatela tiphunti nawusebentisa sibongo lesingesiso sakenu.<br />
Ingani imphilo yakho yonkhe utawube usolomane uhlangana nelitje lembetse<br />
ingubo. Nawube nelishwa lekunikwa sibongo salomunye umuti kutawusho kona<br />
kutsi ingoto seyece umgwaco kuwe. Empeleni imphilo yakho yonkhe angeke<br />
.-nakancane ukutfole kuphumula ngobe phela emadloti akini angeke nani aba nawe.<br />
Kantsi nangesikhatsi make athulisa luswane nasolomane Iingathuli labadzala<br />
bayake batsi loyo make akayoluthulisela ngaphandle, ingani lapho uyofika alubite<br />
ngesibongo salo mbamba. Ginindza, (1992) uyayifakazela lendzaba<br />
nangemagama akhe aphawula atsi:<br />
Although this may be no longer be a common practice, at<br />
childbirth, it is obligatory for mothers to "praise" the newly born<br />
baby immediately after its first cry by the sibongo of its<br />
biological father whether or not the father admits paternity.<br />
This practice served as a check on adultery and on breach of<br />
clan exogamy. Breach of clan exogamy is taboo and person<br />
'Solwati L F Mathenjwa ungumfundzisi eNyuvesi yaKalulu.<br />
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