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Shona Definition
Itsika yechivanhu kuti chokudya chakaita sedoro chitange chasumwa chisati chapiwa kuvanhu. Hazvina kunaka kana munhu achingosvikodya zvaasina kupiwa.
English Translation
Custom requires that food, and beer in particular, be presented with due ceremony before it is handed round. Helping yourself to what has not been formally offered you is improper.
Cultural Context
“Said by the person drawing the first ladle of beer from the pot as he passes it to one of the elders.”
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