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Ruzivo · Kurova Guva Nerufu
Rufu neTsika dzokuviga
Death and Burial Customs
Pfupiso
Parufu, mufi anogadzirwa nemhuri yake asati avigwa, uye nzira dzokuviga dzaisiyana zvichienderana nezera nechikonzero cherufu.
Nyaya yakazara
Mushure mekunge munhu afa, mutumbi wake unopetwa uchadziya, maziso nomuromo zvichivharwa, votambarara kana kugonyeswa makumbo, musoro worerekeswa kurudyi. Shoko rerufu rinozofambiswa kune hama nasadunhu, uye guva rinocherwa musi wokuvigwa, nehama yeropa yomufi ndiyo inotema hama yayo rukarwa kuti guva richerwe. Mutumbi unogezeswa nadzimai, varoora, varamu, sekuru kana muzukuru, wozorwa mafuta wopfekedzwa mbatya asati avigwa mangwanani kana zuva rodoka. Vanhu vachiri vaduku vaigara vasingatenderwi kuona vafi vachivigwa, uye vana vasati vave nedzimba dzavo vaigona kurambidzwawo kuenda kunovigwa vabereki vavo mune dzimwe nzvimbo. Vacheche vaivigwa zvakasiyana neavakuru, kaviga mumapani pedyo nenzizi, ivo vakuru vovigwa panzvimbo dzevafi dzomusha kana dzenharaunda, uye madzimambo achizovigwa mumapako nemumakomo.
In English
Once a person has died, the body is laid out while still warm, the eyes and mouth are closed, the body is either stretched out or has its legs bent, and the head is tilted to the right. News of the death is then spread to relatives and to the district head, and the grave is dug on the day of burial, with the deceased's own blood relatives being the ones to formally task their kin with digging it. The body is washed by women, daughters-in-law, in-laws, grandparents, or grandchildren, then anointed with oil and dressed before being buried in the morning or as the sun sets. Young children were traditionally not permitted to watch a burial, and children who did not yet have homes of their own could in some places also be barred from attending their own parents' burial. Infants were buried differently from adults, often in open ground near rivers, while adults were buried in the recognized burial grounds of the homestead or community, and kings were buried in caves and mountains.