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Shona Definition
Midzimu haidi kukanganiswa kana kutukwa; inobva yaenda zvachose pasina kuzodzokera kubatsira mhuri iya.
English Translation
An ancestral spirit is bird-like: insult it and it takes wing. Offended ancestors are believed to desert the family they watch over and never come back to help it.
Cultural Context
“Used as a warning to anyone who might give offence to the ancestors.”
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