Plate 59h: KWATA – used by ngwa kwalanglangaSmall calabash used for fstaha during dzum zugune. Wasritually circulated around the suteke pot by zal fstaha whilean unmarried girl, wearing a mathpasta headband, held thesuteke pot.Plate 59i: TIKWA GHRIƁA – carried by ngwa gardaA wooden stick about two metres long and bound with fine strips of differentcoloured plastic and aluminium, It was pointed at one end and had a ram’sbeard on top. In the past strips of aluminium only were used. It was carried bythe ngwa garda, while running downhill, in the first part of the second stageof dzum zugune. The run started at the place Fkagh Gwatadhe, down to Yawa(see Figure 22) where the winner would be the first to plant his tikwa ghriɓainto the ground. While at Yawa the ngwa garda changed dress, with the helpof their zal fstaha, into that of a ngwa kwalanglanga performer, and began thedance back uphill. We know they stopped at certain places, such as the houseof the lineage priest (thaghaya) of Ghwa'a and afterwards were showeredwith sorghum and tigernut flour by their wives at the place Fkagh Ɓag Haya.Plate 59j: ZINGE ZINGE – was also carried during dzum zuguneWas made of iron and used for dancing, most likely also for dzum zugune(presumably by men and women). Was used as a weapon in traditionalwarfare in the past. In terms of art history it can be classified together withthe ndange shown in Plate 59k underneath the same family of F-shaped'throwing kives' that are so widely known. However, the ndange was neverused as a weapon but only for celebratory purposes, specifically by the ngwagarda participants of dzum zugune, and in my opinion the generalisation of'throwing knives' should only apply to the zinge zinge.382
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