Oshiwambo ShookukuMoshinkoti shookuku
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The kitchen

Epata / elugo

Three clay stands, omasiga, hold the pot. The staple is oshithima. If a child dies, one stand is replaced. The flour pot must not stand empty, or those at the cattle post are believed to meet hunger.

Who
Those who cook for the household
When
Every cooking day
Where
Elugo, beside the pantry
Why
The kitchen feeds the living and watches over those away.
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.