The elephant totem, nzou/zhou/ndlovu has a number of classes (zvidawo). Affectionately known as Mhukahuru, meaning the big animal. The elephant clans are scattered across the country some in the north along the Zambezi valley. These are the Tonga, Tavara, Korekore, Karanga, Ndebele and Remba. The totem represents mighty people who are well built, big in stature and destructive. They are also great hunters mostly the Karangas, Remba and Tonga, whereas the Ndebele produce great fighters. The elephant clan produce people with great skill in arts, sports and academics, exmples being; the Ndlovu brothers in football (Peter, Madinda and Adam), Oliver Mutukudzi in music. They are composed with athleticism and intelligent although they are few in population. Their dialectical classes comprises of Samanyanga, Suwani, Mushavi.
Maita nzou, maita nzou mhukahuru
Mutsika panotinhira
Vakaita hasha vanodzura miti
Maita mhukahuru
Dzese mbwende dzinopatiza masvika
Vasina hanganwa
Vana mutyora sango
Vakakubata iyewe wedzoro huru
Unotochiona chete
Vanorangarira
Maita nzou
Machengeta sango
Ivo zhou
Vanadzo dzisingabhende
Dzinoti dzikabaya dzinosvika kuhongonya
Maita madyemhihwa
Magutsa vana
Vakuru vomusha
Mhuka isina mushishi
interesting
Mhurura munanga
Samanyanga mhuka huru
Samanyanga vemanyanga
Mhukahuru
Vakadzi vanodeedzwa kuti vanani
Samanyanga
Mandlovhu
Vanonzi vana AChihoro
Mandlovu
Mandlovu
Ana a chihoro
Muteera (the one who follows)
Vana Marigachuru
vakadzi ndaanaChihoro
Va chihoro.
Ana chihoro
vana achihoro or mandhlovu
Do we have nzou samanyangas from Mozambique
We have them up to South Sudan.
Thats so true … Thats where my husband comes from
What about Zhou unending
Some are anaChihoro
Ana Achihoro ndana Nhari Unendoro -Nzou Samanyanga vakadzi vanonzi Nyamhita kana kuti Mandlovu.
Pane aneye englisn here andipowo …is there an english version of this poetry , if there is can i have it .
Interesting, I’m proud of my totem
ko dzinza ranaSamanyanga takabva kupi
Mount Darwin
Ndokumbirawo nzou navedzenge
This is my totem , and i learned something
Nyanga dzisinga*bhende*??(bend)
Haizi Shonaka iyi?
Dai zvanzi dzosingakombame pamwe zvakangodarowoka.
this is so funny. I joined the party a bit to late! Hei nyanga dzangu hadzina ku bhenda 🙂
Question. I’m referred to as nyamasvisva by my aunt and une ndoro by my grandmother. Women of our side are called AChihoro. But I’m not called Samanyanga. I was told toyera nzou but it’s not samanyanga. It’s one that branch off from samanyanga a few years back
Mbwaga mbwaga kana tofamba , irwo rudo harwo , asi hamudi kugumburwa . Ktadza kchema nekukura
Samanyanga not nyamasvisva , nyamasvisva indove yeNzou
Praise Poetry – Totem
Maita Zhou,Maita Matanda,Unendoro,Maita Nhare,Vari Manyara ,Zvenjiva ,mudzi weBawa,Maita vari Chizhou,Ndirondongwe neMambende. Maita Suwana,Maita magidivai,Mukwasha wavaRozvi,Maita mwana waMutekedza,Matemai,Maita Nechipani,Vemazheve makuru,Chipwanya miti ,Mudyi weminzwa,Chikara chikuru chesango,Mhukahuru,Zibuka . maita murundwi,mutsika patinhira,kumhanya rukava ruvava.Nhare yangu yiyi,Haiwa Suwana,Maita muvhundutsi wesango,,Maita mukono weGuruuswa,murwi wepfumo,jinda guru raBvumavaranda,Haiwa Samanyanga,vanemumhu wemari,zvaonekwa Suwana.Chirera nherera nedzavamwe,mupangami,mutumwapavi waChangamire. Zvirambe zvakadero,Kuenda nokudzoka sehuyo,Suwana,mupumbu uzere chuma ,mangoyongoyo,Mhuka huru! Suwana!!!!!!!!!
Thas my totem I learnt new things. Good job