Zvipo zvaBaba naAmai

Gifts for the Bride's Parents

Pfupiso

Danho rechina rinosanganisira zvipo zvinobhadharwa kuna baba namai vomusikana pachavo, mumwe nemumwe achiwana chikamu chake.

Nyaya yakazara

Danho iri rine zvikamu zviviri: zvireverere zvababa nezvireverere zvamai. Mhando yekutanga, 'matekenyandebvu,' ndeyokutenda baba nokuda kwokumurera mwanasikana wavo, ichitorwa sechiripo chokutamba naye achiri mucheche pamabvi ake. Mhando yechipiri inobhadharwa kuna amai voga; zvimwe zvezvipo izvi zvinodaidzwa 'mbereko,' zvichimiririra chigove chaaishandisa kutakura mwana ari muhomwe kumusana, uye 'mafukidzadumbu,' zvichirangarira nguva yaaiva nomwana mudumbu make. Mari inobhadharwa kuna baba inogona kukwikwidzana, asi iyo yaamai haikwanisi kukwikwidzwa.

In English

This stage has two parts: gifts for the father and gifts for the mother. The first, 'matekenyandebvu,' thanks the father for raising his daughter, recalling the playful moments of pulling at his beard as a child on his knee. The second is paid to the mother alone; some of these gifts are called 'mbereko,' representing the sling she used to carry the child on her back, and 'mafukidzadumbu,' recalling the time she carried the child in her womb. The payment to the father can be negotiated, but the payment to the mother is fixed and not open to negotiation.

Verenga zvimwe

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