Status not stated
The birth of twins
The record describes the birth of twins as a bad omen, answered apart from an ordinary birth: the mother is moved with her babies to a hut built for her in the mahangu field. The platform will hold the procedure only as the author releases it.
- Who
- Mother, traditional healer, paternal and maternal clans
- When
- At a twin birth
- Where
- A hut in the mahangu field
- Why
- The household must answer a double arrival correctly.
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 Oshiwambo rituals and ceremonies.
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.