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Shona Definition
Chinhu chakaipa kana choda kuitika kunotanga kwatomboonekwa zvimwe zviratidzo zvinoshuridzira. VaShona vanotendera zvokuti kana nyoka iya inonzi mhunzamusha ikasvika pamusha wemunhu inoshuridzira rufu kana mamwe matambudziko.
English Translation
Disaster tends to announce itself in advance through odd signs and forebodings. People have been known to speak of ominous happenings before the calamity that struck them.
Cultural Context
“It reflects the belief that certain occurrences — such as the snake called mhunzamusha arriving at a homestead — foretell a death or other trouble to come.”
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