Song No. 11  1  Ahee, i ya ya.    Ah! The redness is going.  2  Nyamarivhula i ya ya.    Nyamarivhula is going.  3  havha yo tuwa, Nyamarivhula.    The redness has gone away, Nyamarivhula.  Chorus:  Ahee, Ahee, i ya ya.    Ah! The redness is going. Recorded Example 1:  Recorded Example 2:   Initiates dance and sing i wa early in the morning. This song is sometimes referred to as i a wa (the redness has fallen), but I have always heard it sung i ya ya. The redness of the sky before dawn is compared to the redness of menstrual blood, which in fact may be referred to by the word . This is sung only on the first and last morning of vhusha, when the old ladies are present.

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