Azaghvana E-Book 2003 - Flipbook - Page 373
Objects worn on arms:
Plate 50a: ZAWYA – also worn by men anticipating dzum zugune
Brass armlets with opening. Worn on upper arms. For traditional
dances and funerals. They were part of the dress code for the
gabajuwala, for the men (married or unmarried) who had not yet
performed dzum zugune. We know that they were also worn by
women, and perhaps some of the vjardghawa (young unmarried
women) liked to receive them to dance in them the next day.
Plate 50b: GWA LANGLANGA – presumably also worn during dzum zugune
Aluminium, double armlet, with no opening. For traditional dances and
funerals. We are quite certain that they were also worn by men and
women during dzum zugune celebrations.
Objects worn about the waist:
Plate 51a: GJUWA – was also worn by ngwa kwalanglanga
Gjuwa – goatskin for older women, known as 'old skins'. Women
wore them over their backs. The ngwa kwalanglanga wore several
turned inside out (a), and packed them round their hips to make them
look big. Strips cut from a white cow skin (dhambaɗa) were used as
bandoliers and also wrapped around the waist to hold up the layers
of 'old skins'. There were two more animal skins used during dzum
zugune, but we do not have illustrations of them. The name of the
first was vighitha'a. This was from a cow or a black goat and for
men anticipating doing dzum zugune. The other was called vghe
tuwighe and was a sheepskin with cowrie decoration (hargwa) at the
tail. It was worn by the ngwa garda during the first step of the
second stage of dzum zugune.
Plate 51b: PATSAKƊUKA – presumably also worn during dzum zugune
Waistband consisting of a single row of cowries on a
leather strip decorated with vertical rows of various
coloured beads. Was worn for traditional dances and
funerals by men and women. Women tied this band at the
front, but men tied it at the back. The men fixed the band
onto a goatskin or sheepskin they were wearing.
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