Mutupo · Tshivenda
Netshidzivhe
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- Grouping not recorded in the source read
- Surnames recorded Netshidzivhe, Nethathe, Netshitangani
- Places recorded Thathe, Vondo, Tshidzivhe, Tshilungwi
Also Spelled
Netshidzivhe is also written Tshidzivhe clan, Nethathe and Netshitangani.
Spellings differ between families, between records and between countries. Wozekhaya keeps the name as each source wrote it rather than settling on one form.
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About This Record
What Was Written Down
Magoma records the Tshidzivhe clan as custodians of Thathe forest, where the Netshidzivhe family buries and reburies its chiefs in a cave and where married women bearing the surnames Nethathe, Netshidzivhe or Netshitangani are still buried. The forest's name is derived from a verb meaning to chase away, after a chief Nethathe remembered as a healer who is believed to guard the forest as a white lion. The clan forbids filming of its rituals. Commercial pine plantations since 1945 and recent mineral prospecting are recorded as threats. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
Families Tell This Differently
Families who carry this name tell parts of it differently. Each way it has been told is below.
Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- Munyadziwa Magoma and co-authors, Retrieving Intangibility, Stemming Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Sacred Places in Venda, Northern South Africa, 2021 — https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/4/249
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