Chisungu
coshi wa nyoma
women with two babies on her front and back, describes a woman who weaned her child too soon
egret
a bird on a twig. The song refers to whitening and beautifying of the girl
mupeto
a hoop made of intertwined male and female tree branches that the initiant girls have to jump in
fool
an inverted bowl, the man is a fool if he doesn't look after his wife q
ciboni musuma
conical shaped model covered with small projection. Represents a tree and beautiful head-wife of chief, husband should look to his wife as the most beautiful of all women
hearth-stone
conical-shaped model representing one of the pieces of ant-hill used to make Bemba fires
sonsa nkalamo
conical-shaped model with small projections on it. Tells girl not to tel tales or spread rumors
cilume ca ciboa
figure of a man with a large head and phallus and no arms. Represents a man who stays in the house all fay finding fault with his wife and doing no work
hyena
girl is not to steal
garden
helmet-like bowl used to urge the girl to put her energies into gardening and to take care to preserve the seeds so she doesn't use up all the food
crocodile
husband is regarded as one because he provides everything like the chief, represents secrecy, lie in wait for his wife if she deceives him
pipe
imitation of a pipe, teach girl not to sit idly smoking everyday
water-pot
imitation water-pot put on the head of each girl in turn to the accompaniment of a song emphasizing the duty of the wife to get water for her husband
young man walking smartly
jaunty young man in European clothes, dresses himself up and does no work
bracelet
large clay bracelet, represents the initial installment of the marriage payment and it stresses the husband's duty to provide clothes for his wife
hoe
likens the husband to a hoe which will open up the girl, who is thus compared to a garden
lion
makes the noise of a lion when blowing down it
bead necklet
mushroom-shaped object, referred to the fact that a wife, if ill treated, would run back to her family, ant the husband would have to beg for humility as he would have to observe if he has dropped something precious in a chief's court
mwanaksahi
pregnant woman, tells the girl her days have come to give birth
porcupine
punishment for misdeeds before she reached the initiation ceremony
garden-mound
refers to husband's rights over his wife- the woman is a cultivated garden through which another man must not pass through
mbusa
ritual objects, often small scale-models of household brother items, used ceremonially in the chasing ceremonies to which symbolic meanings are attached
clan
small basket with handle, represents the girl's duty to her relatives by marriage
house
small model house, child cries cries because the mother has gone out to beer-drink and left it alone
centipede
tells the girl not to have too much intercourse or she will produce twins which will do
mortar
the company mimed the stamping of grain, stressed women's duty to provide and prepare food
nacisungu
the female candidate who is initiated during the chasing ceremonies
nacimbusa
the mistress of ceremonies, organizes rite, leads dances and songs, arranging for the making of pottery and other emblems
tortoise
the women should not be nosey and annoying
star
urges girl to show forgiveness if her husband abuses her obscenely
husband with plumes
wife's duty to wash her husband's hands with the water out of the ceremonial pot after sex
nangoshye
woman who served as the mistress of ceremonies for Chisungu ceremony
