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Madzimambo
Kings and Chiefs
Pfupiso
Madzimambo aitonga nyika, aigadzwa nedare remadzishe, uye aiva nemachinda aibatsira kutonga.
Nyaya yakazara
Madzimambo aiva nevana masimba muupenyu hwevaShona. Basa ramambo raiva rekutonga nyika, kugashira vatorwa, kuchengetedza mutemo, uye kupira mvura. Umambo hwaifanira kutanga hwaropafadzwa nesvikiro kana mhondoro; kare kare vaRozvi ndivo vaiuya kuzogadza mambo mutsva, vachiitwa nemudzviti wehurumende panguva yavaRungu. Kuvigwa kwamambo kwaiitwa muchivande uye nenzira yetsika. Mambo aiva nemachinda aaimubatsira kutonga.
In English
Kings had great power in Shona life. The king's duties were to rule the land, welcome strangers, maintain law, and pray for rain. Kingship first had to be blessed by a spirit medium or mhondoro; historically the Rozvi would come to install a new king, a role later taken over by the colonial district commissioner. The burial of a king was done secretly and in a traditional way. The king had advisors who helped him rule.