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Kutizira

Kutizira (Elopement)

Pfupiso

Nzira ichiri kuitika mumazuva ano apo mukomana nomusikana vanotizirana, kazhinji kana musikana aita mimba roora isati yabhadharwa.

Nyaya yakazara

Kutizira, inonziwo kutizisa, inzira yokuwanana ichiri kuitika mumagariro evaShona anoenderana nenguva ino. Nzira iyi inowanzoitika kana musikana ava nemimba roora isati yabhadharwa kumhuri yake. Munzira dzechivanhu, musikana ane mimba asina murume aisatenderwa kugara kumba kwababa vake, uye aiudzwa kuti aende kunogara nababa vomwana. Nekuda kweizvi, mumagariro azvino, musikana ane mimba anosungirwa kuenda kumurume waanofunga kuti ndiye ane mhosva, kana kutsvaga mumwe murume anoda kutora basa iri kana mhuri yomusikana isingabvumi kumugamuchira ari mimba asina murume.

In English

Kutizira, also called kutizisa, is a marriage route that is still practised in contemporary Shona society. It commonly occurs when a woman becomes pregnant before roora has been paid to her family. Under traditional custom, an unmarried pregnant woman was not allowed to remain at her father's home, and she would be told to go and live with the father of her child. Because of this, in present-day society, a pregnant unmarried woman is compelled to go to the man believed responsible, or to find another man willing to take on that responsibility, if her family will not accept her while unmarried and pregnant.

Verenga zvimwe

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