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(Westermarck, 1926:187).
Nasewukhuphuka umtsimba emini timphahla tamakoti titfwalwa ngudzadzewabo.
Letimphahla tifaka ekhatsi licansi lamakoti phela ngulo latawulala ngalo
Jekhakhakhe. Nyalo ngesilumbi sekuba ngumbhede Jatsengelwa wona makoti.
Kuyagidvwa-ke kube mnandzi emacembu lamabili achudzelene. Ekuseni
ngembulukusa ngakusasa, ngeUsontfo phela makoti ungeniswa esibayeni
ayomekeza. Lapha kuvamise kutsi kube nebemndeni kanye netihlobo letisedvute
letetsamela lomcimbi lobaluleke kakhulu esiveni semaSwati. Dlamini (1995)
ukuchaza kahle kumekeza ngobe phela vele loku kwatiwa futsi kubuye kwentiwe
ngulabasikati. Asimuve nangemavi akhe abeka atsi:
This ceremony is part of the Swazi wedding, when the bride moves
into the cattle kraal at the home of her in-laws with other women to
sing and cry. The ceremony is held at the crack of dawn on the last
day of her wedding. The songs that are sung evoke sorrow in the
bride so that she cries. The women stand at the sides of the kraal.
The bride is the one who makes some slow movements towards and
from the kraal outlet. She stands holding a spear that is pointing
down and wearing only the traditional skirt. She then cries in a
controlled voice. The other women sing for her those songs that
will make her cry very bitterly. They also take tums in crying in the
same controlled voices.
(Dlamini, 1995:89).
Kunetingoma takhona letihlatjelwako lapha kumekezwa. Leto tingoma atimane
nje tihlatjelwe noma nini kepha tihlatjelwa ngalelilanga kuphela. Levamile ingoma
lapha ngulena leJandzelako.
Ngaphum' ekufeni,
Yehha!
Ngaphum' ekufeni
Ngangen' ekufeni.
Yelababe, ngitawufa mine,
Yelababe, ngitayifeJ' inkhonto.
Yehhal
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