Song No. 22  1  No mu vhona ngani?    Why have you seen her?  2  wa i ya .    A snake is crawling.  Chorus:  Wa i vhona tshisese tsha khomba tshi a vhavha.    You see the soft part of the girl is painful.   This song tells girls that the old ladies will inspect them to see if their pubic hairs have been shaved. If not, an old lady will burn them. At domba, there is a rite called mavhavhe (from -vhavha) which teaches the same lesson. A large group of novices at vhusha. Three are dancing the ndayo of this song.

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