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Shona Definition
English Translation
Slaughtering an ox at a relative's magadziro is done for the benefit of the dead, not the living. The magadziro is the rite at which a person's final funeral observances are performed and their estate shared out.
Cultural Context
“Refers to the magadziro ceremony, where the last funeral rites are held and the deceased's property distributed.”
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