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Plate 59h: KWATA – used by ngwa kwalanglanga
Small calabash used for fstaha during dzum zugune. Was
ritually circulated around the suteke pot by zal fstaha while
an unmarried girl, wearing a mathpasta headband, held the
suteke pot.
Plate 59i: TIKWA GHRIƁA – carried by ngwa garda
A wooden stick about two metres long and bound with fine strips of different
coloured plastic and aluminium, It was pointed at one end and had a ram’s
beard on top. In the past strips of aluminium only were used. It was carried by
the ngwa garda, while running downhill, in the first part of the second stage
of 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 ghriɓa
into the ground. While at Yawa the ngwa garda changed dress, with the help
of their zal fstaha, into that of a ngwa kwalanglanga performer, and began the
dance back uphill. We know they stopped at certain places, such as the house
of the lineage priest (thaghaya) of Ghwa'a and afterwards were showered
with sorghum and tigernut flour by their wives at the place Fkagh Ɓag Haya.
Plate 59j: ZINGE ZINGE – was also carried during dzum zugune
Was made of iron and used for dancing, most likely also for dzum zugune
(presumably by men and women). Was used as a weapon in traditional
warfare in the past. In terms of art history it can be classified together with
the ndange shown in Plate 59k underneath the same family of F-shaped
'throwing kives' that are so widely known. However, the ndange was never
used as a weapon but only for celebratory purposes, specifically by the ngwa
garda participants of dzum zugune, and in my opinion the generalisation of
'throwing knives' should only apply to the zinge zinge.
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