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Kugara nhaka / kuona dzavamwe

Shona Definition

Kuti uzoziva chinhu hunge watombochiona chichiitwa navamwe. Ruzivo runowanzowanikwa nokudzidza maitiro avamwe.

English Translation

You only know how something is done because you have watched others do it first; most skill and knowledge comes from copying those who went before.

Cultural Context

“Quoted to stress that people must learn correct customary procedure by observing others.”

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