Ruzivo · Ukama
Usahwira
Ritual Friendship Between Families
Pfupiso
Usahwira hukama hwakasimba pakati pemhuri mbiri, hunobatsirana panguva dzenhamo nemitambo kusvika parufu.
Nyaya yakazara
Usahwira ihukama hweushamwari hwakasimba hunowanzobva pakuberekwa, hunosanganisa mhuri mbiri, uye huchiri kuwanikwa nanhasi. Sahwira anogona kukupa mombe chaidzo dzekuitisa zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana, anokupawo mazano anovaka uye anokutsiura kana warasika, achishandisa mujee kutsiura tutsika twakaipa. Anobatsira panhimbe neparoora. Kana wafa, ndiye anovigawo muviri wako, achizobikirwa doro rokumutenda pashure. Panguva yerufu, sahwira anotevedzera mabasa ako sezvinoitwa navaroora pachiroora.
In English
Usahwira is a strong ritual friendship, often established from birth, linking two families, and it is still found today. A sahwira can give you actual cattle to use for various purposes, offer sound advice, and correct you through respectful joking (jee) when you go astray. He helps out at work parties and marriages. When you die, he is the one who buries your body, and is later brewed beer as thanks. At funerals, the sahwira continues acting on your behalf, much as a daughter-in-law does during a wedding.