Ruzivo · Wanano Roora

Kusuma

Kusuma (The Introduction)

Pfupiso

Kusuma ndiwo mutambo wokutanga weroora, apo munyai anoenda kumhuri yomusikana kunotaura chinangwa chake.

Nyaya yakazara

Padanho iri, murume anotuma munyai kuti aende kumhuri yomusikana kunotaura kuti aya kuzosuma zvinangwa zvomurume anoda kuroora mwanasikana wemhuri iyoyo. Munyai anoshandisa mazwi echivanhu, senge kuti akatumwa 'kuzotsvaga sadza,' zvinoreva kuti ari kuzosuma zano rokuroora. Mhuri yomusikana inobvunza kuti munyai ari kutaura nezvaani, uye musikana anobvunzwa kana achiziva vanhu vari kuzomusuma.

In English

At this stage, the man sends a go-between (munyai) to the woman's family to formally announce the intentions of the man who wishes to marry their daughter. The go-between uses traditional, indirect language, saying for instance that he has been sent 'to look for sadza,' meaning he has come to propose marriage on the man's behalf. The woman's family asks who exactly is being spoken about, and the daughter herself is asked whether she knows the people who have come to propose for her.

Verenga zvimwe

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