Every Shona totem and the clans that keep it, each with its praise poem, the names its men and women are greeted by, and where it is commonly found.
Hapana mutupo une zita iri. Tsvaga pose
A mutupo is the totem a Shona clan keeps: an animal, or a part of the body such as the heart, that the clan is named by and does not eat. A child takes the father's totem, and people of one totem count one another as family.
Those who carry a totem do not eat its animal. Some families keep away from one part of it only, such as the heart, and the old belief holds that a person who breaks the rule loses their teeth.
The praise names are for every day, not only for ceremonies: a person is greeted by them, thanked with them, and a wife praises her husband with his.
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