Tsumo

Ukama urimbo / kudambura hahubvi

Shona Definition

Kinship behaves like bird lime: you may snap the strand, but the stickiness remains. Ties of blood are not dissolved by breaking them off.

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Kinship is not something you can wash off with water; a blood tie stays whatever happens.