KwaunobvaRuzivoChitenderoMukwerera (Rain-Making Ceremony)
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Mukwerera (Rain-Making Ceremony)
The Rain-Making Ceremony
Pfupiso
Mukwerera ibira rechitendero rekukumbira mvura kuburikidza nemhondoro, riri kuderera nekuda kwechikristu.
Nyaya yakazara
Mukwerera ibira raiitwa kana mvura yanonoka kuuya. Basa raro nderekukumbira mvura kuna Mwari nevadzimu. Vakuru vaiuya nemidengu yedoro kumakombwe emhondoro. Mhondoro ndiyo yaikurukura nemadzimambo uye yaikwanisa kuisa mvura. Mutambo uyu wainziwo gasva, marenje, kana chipwa. Kuuya kwechikristu nesainzi zvakaita kuti kudavira mumukwerera kuderera.
In English
Mukwerera is a ceremony performed when the rains are late. Its purpose is to plead for rain from God and the ancestors. Elders would bring pots of beer to the spirit mediums of the mhondoro (tribal spirits). The mhondoro would communicate with the ancestors and had the power to bring rain. This ceremony was also called gasva, marenje, or chipwa. The advent of Christianity and science has led to a decline in belief in the mukwerera ceremony.