Uthando lwabaphansi.

chapter 29

Umhlonyane ka Nomzamo

Nomzamo's POV

My aunt's and mother come into the cottage I groan in my sleep and with one eye open I check the time yohhhh this is witching hour phela
It's still 03:00

My aunt sizakele speaks up well she is my mother's cousin
Siza:"girls vukani bo"

We slept really late worse we barely git time to sleep yesterday nah scratch that's today the reed girls came yesterday ngabo 5 in the afternoon so since then we have been practicing and singing and dancing
Uku sina ngyakwaz but just not like these girls
Well the Gogo came yesterday for virginity testing and the girl still has her white dot ok her forehead

I rise up from the mattress imbomvu still in my face but maybe after this I might have perfect skin not that I don't
I wake up amahle who is snoring she must also be tired because wow mntakabaw

The girls all groan mind you we all squashed up in the cottage but luckily it's a bit spacious shuthi sibaningi
The other girls slept here
My mom comes over and hands me a buge blanket

Mom:"mee mbatha nyogeza manje emfuleni"

I take a deep breath and cover myself with this huge blankets she also helps me
The cow was slaughtered yesterday the second one ke it will be done once I come back after I introduce it to the ancestors

The girls start singing and we are walking to the river I mean guys tell me where can you find a river near Durban North we walk from my house to a nearby river it's not actually a full river but there's water flowing so Gogo says this can do

We bath and yohhhh the water is so called ke sana Ngeke I squeal and amahle exaggertes and screams this water is so damn cold

Amahle:"yohhh nomzamo you don't love me "

Lee:"nam angboni ngathi ngyathandwa la "

Nale:"haweee maaa"

We all laugh as nale tries to wash her body with cold water but regardless of the coldness haiii we are truly abo die hard ngoba we thoroughly washed out bodies ebanda enjalo

As soon as we are done we start singing and head back to the house it's already 05:00 wow time really flies by
We arrive at the cottage and guess what my mother inlaw hired the Nixon squad to do my make up and I decided to do a sleek bun

At about 07:00 the squad arrives to do my make up and hair I place a net on top of the bun so money can be placed easily with pins on my hair

My dad enters the cottage and we are already done dressing up he takes my hand like I'm going to get married and we head to the ancestral rondavel
To speak to the ancestors of course

I bow down on the reed mat and my father in law is her also he's been very helpful
Through this journey of mine
I understand why he's here the ancestors have destined me and Nkosenye long ago because of a reason I don't know so practically I'm like a dlamini

Because in my dreams I accepted the gift and it was gifted to me by the dlamini and nkosenye's gift comes from the Nkosi clan imagine a girl controlling a fire

My two dad's both kneel on the floor with me and they start chanting my clan names my dad chants ezaka nkosi while my dlamini dad chants ezaka dlamini

Dlamini

Sibalukhulu
Mdlovu, magaduzela
Magaga ka nsele,
Wena owashisa umuntu ngesikhuni esibunjini kwasa eyobayoba
Mgoqo ovimb esangweni Nansi impi
Izwe lafa ngathin na?
Wena owabonela empunzini ukuthi kuyabalekwa
Ngoba yona yabaleka yaziphonsa ocingweni
Ngonywama!