Status not stated
The main entrance
Eelo / onhu
The main gate in the palisade faces east, toward prosperity, and commoners enter here. A visiting king, in the old account, does not: he comes in through etambo, the small passage from the kitchen to the granaries.
- Who
- Everyone who approaches the house
- When
- Daily, and on formal visits
- Where
- Eastern side of the palisade
- Why
- Direction and rank are built into the gate.
The author’s paper does not say whether this is still practised today, so no status is shown.
Summarised from Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi’s The Oshiwambo Traditional Homestead.
This is a doorway, not the full account. The complete description stays with Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi until he releases it. Read it in his books.