Place: Outside, in a kraal in the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District, in the Ndebele area
Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndebele / She is about 40 years old / She is a calm whirl of activity and energy: with a casualness that in no way interferes with the performing or the smooth movement of the story, she does many things at once, gesticulating broadly and with serenity to keep children and women with her, instructing little girls to do something in the kraal, etc. / She also performed 1S-3631, 3633, 3635, 3638, 3643, 3658, 3668, 3727, 3734, and 3741; see comment after 1S-3750
Audience: Three women, one man, five children, all Zulu (the children and the women are wearing uluthi longanekwane)