Shato Mheta Totem


Shato Mheta
Shari Mheta,
Shari ,
Maita Saunyama,
Maita Mheta,
Svova nepasi,
Svongonyongo,
Maita mafamba ngedumbu
Maita Chikata

Maita Mheta, Maita Shato Mwatye,
Rupanga Saunyama
Maita Chikata Vari Kuna Mozi Moyochena,
Mufamba ngedumbu,
Musvova nepasi,
Kurandutsira vana, vakatiza imwi,

Mozvikata henyu,
Kutyiwa nevaridzi vepwere,
Moti mukadya mbudzi kwanzi kwave kufamba hamuchakwanisi
Saunyama
Maita Chikata Vari Kuna Mozi.

Comments

  1. is that all for Shato Mheta, too short.

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  2. You just got the first stanza of the poem there

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  3. This is from my memory from the copy we have in the house 20 years ago so there might be some mistakes.



    Maita Mheta Maita Shato Mwatye Rupanga Saunyama .Maita Chikata Vari Kumbuzi Mwoyo Chena ,Mufamba nedumbu Musvowa vepasi ,Kurandutsira vana, vakatiza imi ,mozvikata henyu .Kutyiwa nevaridzi vepwere moti mukadya mbudzi kwanzi kwave kufamba hamuchakwanisi saunyama

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    1. Maita Chikata,Vari kunaMozi
      .**mozi ndiro gomo remadzimambo ekwaSaunyama**

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    2. #vari muna Mozi

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  4. Am a Saunyama
    Can anyone explain the origins of the totem

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  5. Origin (Mozambique)

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  6. This is too short for our totem ........n we come from Malawi not Mozambique

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    1. saunyama is not from Malawi. Origins are the Nyatanga people from the Manica province which was a shared area between Mozambique and Zimbabwe

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  7. Thanks gus l was looking for this for a very long time

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  8. Am a saunyama i didn't know the origin

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  9. Ku Malawi kunowanikwawo vaera Shato. Ava vanodaidzwa vachinzi vana Nsato.

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    1. I thank you,l didn't know anything,l just heard kuti ndoyera shato and didn't know the meaning.
      Both parents are gone now, so I m doing my own research

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  10. I am a Shato Mheta now our family (Simbamba, Kadzimba, Chikati) is found in Mashonaland Central Bare Chiweshe. History says we moved from Mozambique - Inyanga - Mazowe (Chiweshe)

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  11. So happy i know my totem was using other totem but i heard my grand mother was married to Mheta originally from Nyanga the family name Paungano or Paungamwa still searching

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