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Shona Definition
Panguva yenjodzi hapana munhu anomirira kufa. Rufu runotouya chete kumunhu iye asingazivi. Dai rwaiuya ruchiridza huhu, vazhinji vaizofa vamboedza kutiza.
English Translation
People invite one another to sit down and eat, never to sit down and die; nobody welcomes death, and if its approach were announced everyone would try to get out of its way.
Cultural Context
“Quoted about a mishap in which someone came close to dying but got away.”
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