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lnchazelo: Saga: Inchazelo: Kushiwo kumuntfu longayiboni intfo lesebaleni. Kutsiwa loyo LaShongwe abengayiboni intfo lesebalenL ngiko lokwabangela kutsi kucanjwe saga ngaye. Ngifunga Mbandzeni kuteMdzimba. Ngicinisile ngaloku lengikushoko. Lapha kufungwa ingwenyamayesive.lengumuntfu lobalulekile esiveni sonkhe. Kubuye kufungwe imbilaneni uMdzimba. lehlonishwa sive sonkhe. 2.4 TAGA lETICAMBEKE NGEKWENKHOlElO YESINTFU Kasenene (l993:20) uchaza ngenkholelo yemaSwati emadlotini kanje: Mvelinchanti is always with his people through ancestors and the latter play an important role in Swazi religious life. In Swazi spirituality theworld of the living is projected into the world of spirits. In the world of spirits the dead maintain the same relationships with one another and with the living as those established on earth, performing the same roles in relation to the living. Death, however, adds status and power to a person and the dead enjoy more respect than the living. The power they acquire through death is used to benefit the living by bestowing blessings on them and protecting them from evil-doers and misfortunes. Ancestors promote the health and wealth of their relatives and may grant them long life. In short. ancestors promote the well-being of the individuals and of whole communities. Saga: Inchazelo: Akudloti laya endlini layeka/dabo. Bantfu basita tihlobo taboo Nelidloti lisita bakabo. hhayi 31

Saga: Inchazelo: labanye. Lidloti Iiyabhekelwa. Lidloti Iiyasitwa. Akuyekelelwa konkhe emahlombe alo kutsiwe litawubona. Kubaluleka kwemadloti emphilweni yetive tebaNguni naletinye letinyenti kugcanyiswa ngumcwaningi Maphalala (l985:3) laphlJ atsi: They acknowledged uMvelingangi (a God that had power overall agencies) They recognized that they were responsible not only to their king, but also to uMvelingangi whom they regarded as being more powerful than their king. Another element of their religious beliefwas that the amadlozi (the ancestral spirits, who were second in the religious hierarchy) should intercede for them. The lzangoma and abalozi (the diviners and ventriloquists) were third in this order of religious concepts. EmaSwati awatisa kakhulu emadloti ngobe atsatfwa njengebachumanisi ekhatsi kwemuntfu neMvelinchanti. Bumcoka bemadloti bubonakala kulomdvwebo lolandzelako: UMVELlNCHANTI EMADLOTI 32

lnchazelo:<br />

Saga:<br />

Inchazelo:<br />

Kushiwo kumuntfu longayiboni intfo lesebaleni. Kutsiwa loyo<br />

LaShongwe abengayiboni intfo lesebalenL ngiko<br />

lokwabangela kutsi kucanjwe saga ngaye.<br />

Ngifunga Mbandzeni kuteMdzimba.<br />

Ngicinisile ngaloku lengikushoko. Lapha kufungwa<br />

ingwenyamayesive.lengumuntfu lobalulekile esiveni sonkhe.<br />

Kubuye kufungwe imbilaneni uMdzimba. lehlonishwa sive<br />

sonkhe.<br />

2.4 TAGA lETICAMBEKE NGEKWENKHOlElO YESINTFU<br />

Kasenene (l993:20) uchaza ngenkholelo yemaSwati emadlotini kanje:<br />

Mvelinchanti is always with his people through ancestors and the<br />

latter play an important role in Swazi religious life. In Swazi<br />

spirituality theworld <strong>of</strong> the living is projected into the world <strong>of</strong> spirits.<br />

In the world <strong>of</strong> spirits the dead maintain the same relationships with<br />

one another and with the living as those established on earth,<br />

performing the same roles in relation to the living. Death, however,<br />

adds status and power to a person and the dead enjoy more<br />

respect than the living. The power they acquire through death is<br />

used to benefit the living by bestowing blessings on them and<br />

protecting them from evil-doers and misfortunes. Ancestors<br />

promote the health and wealth <strong>of</strong> their relatives and may grant<br />

them long life. In short. ancestors promote the well-being <strong>of</strong> the<br />

individuals and <strong>of</strong> whole communities.<br />

Saga:<br />

Inchazelo:<br />

Akudloti laya endlini layeka/dabo.<br />

Bantfu basita tihlobo taboo Nelidloti lisita bakabo. hhayi<br />

31

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