Moyo · Heart
Moyo Wadyegora is a Shona clan of the Moyo totem, the heart, a totem taken from part of an animal rather than a whole one. Its men are greeted as Wadyegora and Chirandu, and the detembo also calls them Mukonde and the child of Rusike; its women are greeted as MaMoyo or Vapamoyo.
Maita Wadyegora, Evo, Moyo, mwana waRusike, Maita vari Dombotombo.
Kuzibva zvenyu vari Mazave, Maita zvenyu vari Mandoga, Kurere N'andu naNherera.
Maita varere Mahwemachena, VokwaMuzarabani, vari Shangura, Vari Chikombore, vari Dudzu,
Wadyegora wadye mangava, Hwedza rinokudyawo, Maita Chirandu,
Mukonde wangu yuyu, Zvaitwa vaHombarume variNhumbe. Aiwa zvaonekwa Moyo, Wadyegora,
VokwaRusike, Varere kuMatumbaarira neBinda, Aiwa tatenda vana vaMuzarabani.
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The Wadyegora detembo is a roll call of the clan's people and resting places. It calls the clan Moyo, the child of Rusike and those of Rusike's house (mwana waRusike, vokwaRusike), and greets it at Dombotombo, Mazave and Mandoga, and among those who rest (varere) at Mahwemachena, Matumbaarira and Binda. It names the people of Muzarabani and greets them at Shangura, Chikombore and Dudzu.
Beside Wadyegora the poem uses Chirandu, a name many Moyo clans share, and Mukonde. It thanks the vaHombarume, the hunters, at Nhumbe, and it closes with thanks to the children of Muzarabani (vana vaMuzarabani).
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.
Moyo Wadyegora mutupo weMoyo. Varume vanokudzwa seWadyegora naChirandu, vakadzi seMaMoyo naVapamoyo. Detembo ravo rinovadaidza kuti vana vaRusike, richivakwazisa vari Dombotombo, Mazave neMandoga. Rinotenda vaHombarume vari Nhumbe. Rinopedzisa richitenda vana vaMuzarabani.
Men are greeted as Wadyegora and Chirandu, and the detembo also calls the clan Moyo, Mukonde and the child of Rusike. Women are greeted as MaMoyo or Vapamoyo.
Rusike. The poem calls the clan the child of Rusike and those of Rusike's house, and it ends by thanking the children of Muzarabani.
Moyo is the heart. It is a totem taken from part of an animal rather than a whole animal, as Gumbo, the leg, is.
In Goromonzi, though families carrying it live all over Zimbabwe and beyond.
Traditionally, people of the same mutupo and chidawo do not marry: they are counted as one family. Between different Moyo clans some families allow it, often after a ceremony that cuts the kinship (kucheka ukama).
Pick your totem and clan once. The app greets you by your praise name after that.
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