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Kutanda botso
The Ritual of Atoning for Insulting a Parent
Pfupiso
Kutanda botso mutambo wekukumbira ruregerero kana munhu amhura mubereki, achitenderera musha achiimba.
Nyaya yakazara
Kutanda botso mutambo unoitwa kana mubereki (baba kana amai) afa aine shungu dzisina kugadziriswa, achinge akatadzirwa nemwana wake akamurova, akamutuka kana akamusvora ari mupenyu. Mwana uyu anofanira kupfeka mamvemve kana masaga otenderera misha achiudza vanhu mhosva yake, achiimba rwiyo rwemhosva. Hama dzinomutuka nokumudzingira musango, dzichimushapura neshamhu, uye dzichiisa mbeu mutsapo yake paanenge achipemha. Zuva rapera, anopiwa mbatya dzake kuratidza kuti apedza kuripa mhosva, izvi zvichibvisa tsvina yokusaregererwa nemudzimu womubereki wake.
In English
Kutanda botso is a ritual performed when a parent has died still aggrieved because their child once struck, insulted, or scorned them while they were alive. The child must dress in rags or sackcloth and go around the homesteads confessing their wrongdoing, singing a song about their offense. Relatives insult them and chase them into the bush, beating them with switches, and put grain into their begging bowl as they plead for forgiveness. At sundown they are given back their clothes, showing the debt has been paid, and the ritual removes the impurity of having gone unforgiven by the parent's spirit.