Song No. 30

 1  Vho-Nzhengelele, Vho-Nzhenge!
   (The name of a person)
 2  Nda vhona munna nde' ndaya.
   I saw a man and I lay on my back.
 3  Nda vhona musadzi vhe' mbutsha.
   I saw a woman and she sat with her legs close together.

This song teaches a girl first to sit with her legs together, and secondly to wear a pubic covering () whenever she has a period, even after marriage. A married woman wears nothing under her skirts, and so by wearing a her husband knows that he must abstain from intercourse, which is taboo during messtruation.

 


 

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