Dziva · Fish
Dziva Shayamombe is a Shona clan of the Dziva totem, the fish: its detembo says the Dziva is the fish that lives in the pool. Its men are greeted as Save and Musaigwa, and its women as Masiziba. The detembo also calls the clan Shayamombe, Mandinginda, Nyakuzvidzwa, Nhemahuru, Murambatsvina and Marasamasa.
Shayamombe, Mandinginda, hove irimudziva, Maita Dziva, Save
Musaigwa mucheka uzere mavi, Nyakuzvidzwa, Nhemahuru, Zindinginda hore iri mudenga,
Masvinyaire risina masa, Maita vari Majenya, Zvaonekwa vari Nyaurungu.
Maita muNhobvu wangu yuyu, Akabva Dzokota, achiera Dziva, Dziva iri hove; hove iri nyamasase.
Tatenda varimumvura, Dambiro ravasikana. Hekani Muzivikani, Chishongo changu chichi.
Hekani Mironga, Hunga, Dedza, Kuziva zvenyu vaMudziva, vaMurambatsvina. Maita vari Goto, vari Urambi,
Hekanhi Save, Sambiri, Pakuru mueranamasa. Maita zvenyu vari kuna Save rwizi rwukuru,
Mukota, Madzimbabwe makuru, Aiwa zvaonekwa Marasamasa.
Your mutupo and its detembo as an image for WhatsApp, your status or a post, carrying the Kwaunobva mark.
The detembo opens on Shayamombe and on Mandinginda, the fish in the pool (hove irimudziva), and thanks the clan as Dziva and Save. It greets them at Majenya and Nyaurungu, at Goto and Urambi, and by the Save, the great river, and it speaks of Mukota and of great stone houses (madzimbabwe makuru).
It tells of Nhobvu, who came from Dzokota keeping the Dziva totem, and gives thanks to those who are in the water (tatenda varimumvura). Its other names for the clan include Nyakuzvidzwa, Nhemahuru, Muzivikani, Mironga, Hunga, Dedza, Sambiri and Murambatsvina, and it closes on Marasamasa. Duramazwi reChiShona gives Sambiri as a chidawo of the Dziva people.
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.
Dziva Shayamombe mutupo weDziva. Varume vanokudzwa seSave naMusaigwa, vakadzi seMasiziba. Detembo ravo rinovakwazisa vari Majenya, Nyaurungu, Goto neUrambi, uye kuna Save rwizi rukuru. Rinoti Nhobvu akabva Dzokota achiera Dziva. Rinotenda vari mumvura, uye rinopera richiti Marasamasa.
The fish. Dziva means a pool, and the Shayamombe detembo says the Dziva is the fish (Dziva iri hove) and speaks of the fish in the pool. Duramazwi reChiShona defines Dziva as the totem of people who keep away from water or fish (vanoera mvura kana kuti hove).
The Save. The poem greets the clan by the Save, the great river, and Save is also one of the names its men are greeted by.
Men are greeted as Save and Musaigwa, and women as Masiziba. The detembo also calls the clan Shayamombe, Mandinginda, Nyakuzvidzwa, Nhemahuru, Sambiri, Murambatsvina and Marasamasa.
Traditionally, people of the same mutupo and chidawo do not marry: they are counted as one family. Between different Dziva clans some families allow it, often after a ceremony that cuts the kinship (kucheka ukama).
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