Recollections from Khulubvi
The author recalls learning about Mbona in a primary school textbook. This text provided a unique perspective on the practice of rainmaking. A rainmaker named Mlauli attempted to bring rain while villagers performed a dance. He used a cutlass called a chikandalanga to point toward the four cardinal directions. Despite these efforts, no rain fell.
The story of Mbona has intrigued me since primary school days. Our Chichewa Mtunda 8 textbook introduced me to a fascinating perspective on rainmaking. Mlauli, the established rainmaker, tried everything to summon rain as villagers performed the rain dance. He pointed his cutlass, known as chikandalanga, towards the four cardinal directions, but not a drop … The post Recollections from Khulubvi appeared first on Nation Online .