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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 15556, member: 27"]
[USER=2]@Numero Uno[/USER] there is no definitive [I]roora[/I] process in Dzimbabwe.

It varies from family to family and from tribe to tribe because some [I]roora[/I] stages are deliberately skipped or sometimes blended together as one amalgam

But here is a non-exhaustive quick rundown about a basic [I]roora [/I]procedure:

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[TH]ChiShona[/TH]
[TH]English[/TH]
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[TR]
[TD]Vhura muromo[/TD]
[TD]A minor payment to initiate the whole roora process.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Makandinzwa nani[/TD]
[TD]A payment of knowing the father-in-law's daughter.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Matekenya ndebvu[/TD]
[TD]Father-in-law's compensation for having his beard played with.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mapfukidza dumbu and Mbereko[/TD]
[TD]Mother-in-law's compensation for her striae gravidarum and child-rearing.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Zvitakurwa[/TD]
[TD]Shopping list (or groceries).[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mabhachi (or Majasi)[/TD]
[TD]Garments for both the father-in-law and mother-in-law.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yedare[/TD]
[TD]Compensation to all males gathered at a roora ceremony.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Matsvagirano (Rugaba or Rusambo)[/TD]
[TD]A large sum of money to make the traditional marriage official.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Danga[/TD]
[TD]The number of cattle to be purchased.[/TD]
[/TR]
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