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Shona Definition
Panoitika tsaona huru, voruzhinji vanofa kuchisara chete vashoma vane mhanza nemidzimu yakasimba.
English Translation
Only what is fortunate survives; everything else is swept off by the storm. In a serious disaster most people die and only a lucky few, with strong ancestral protection, are left.
Cultural Context
“Applied to survivors of a major accident or catastrophe.”
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