@Queen @Nolwazi Kwayedza isn't
kutanda botso another type of an avenging spirit?
Well, that depends on who you ask, I suppose.
But many people I have spoken to suggested the following:
Avenging Spirit (ngozi) | Cause |
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Type 1 ("conventional") | when a person commits first-degree murder |
Type 2 ("marital") | when a person intentionally slaughters their spouse |
Type 3 ("parental") | when a person kills their biological mother or father |
Note:
Kutanda botso it's essentially a way for a daughter or son to seek forgiveness for hitting or verbally insulting their biological mother with expletives by going through a humiliation ritual in which they wear dirty, tattered clothing or rags for a period of time and publicly declare to everyone they come across what they did wrong whilst walking around their neighborhood. Therefore,
kutanda botso does not occur solely because of a murder.