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 egota - THE COUNCILLOR
 The novices are shown the erect stump of a tree fern (mudima , Cyathea Dregei Kze.), whose bark has been partially cut off, and on top of which some kind of a head-dress has been placed. Note that in the milayo of the countryside, the big man (muhulu) of the water is a tree fern, while the councillor ( ) of the water is a frog (see milayo Nos. 174 and 175). |
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- 284
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- Mavhala matshena
the white spots:
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- Vhanna
men.
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- 285
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- Mavhala matswu
The back spots:
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- Vhakalaha
old men.
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- Ndi mbolo ya
 : hune  ima ngaho ndi munna a konaho:  ndi munna wa tsilu.
It is the phallus of young men: where it stands on the ground, it is a potent man: up and above it it is an impotent man.
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Note that this is the only occasion on which black is described as old men rather than old women (see colour symbolism). |
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