Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman
Place: Edongeni, a cold and rainy day, noon (to about 7 pm)
Audience: Varies
Notes: Five hours. Brief breaks at dgts 379 (tea), 646; on tape 44, side 2, at dgts 80 (imifino), 100 (tea). Dgts 359-360, hand over face; dgt 370, benjenje, arms spread out and slightly rounded; dgt 374, ngaka, arms spread; dgt 397, scratches wall; dgt 405, kwezi ndawo, area around upper body; dgt 414, first, mimes walking on the ground with two fingers of left hand, short strides; then does the same but with long strides; dgt 425, phezulu, hand four feet from ground; dgts 426-428, much miming; dgt 431, eating motions, etc.; dgt 436, whispers "It's going to rain" (an aside, outside the narrative); dgt 497, uthi, leans forward, draws breath; dgts 500-501, rubs face; dgt 556, uses long piece of straw, measures off equal parts of it; dgt 559, reaches about in the air; dgt 560, kangaka, hand four feet from ground, again reaches about in the air; dgt 587, right hand slide rapidly across mouth; dgt 605, kangaka, right hand two feet from ground; dgt 667, scratches wall; dgt 678, right forefinger in mouth; dgt 713, ithi, right thumb running motion; dgt 714, tshe tshe tshe, right forefinger wriggling as right hand moves in a circle; dgt 736, njenje, hands in air; dgt 739, njenje, folds her jersey into a small container; dgt 745, kuthi, hands raised (in blessing-like fashion); dgt 748, njenje, raises hands; dgt 835, njenje, right forefinger and right index finger held up together; dgt 845, right hand held four feet from ground; dgt 847, indicates around waist; dgt 852, ngaka, hands five feet apart holding it up; dgt 863, uses blade of grass to illustrate; repeats 859; 871, hands flutting; much action; dgt 927, njenje, peeks; dgt 928, hands formed into half circle, brought together to form full circle; dgt 930, ntonjane! hands held in front of mouth, like crocodile's mouth opening and closing; dgt 937, investigates with right hand; dgt 939, mbo! covers face with left hand, seeks with right hand; dgt 942, peeks; dgts 943-944, eats; dgt 952, as 930; dgt 954, hands open and close as 930, but now the imaginary mouth is huge, hands two feet apart; dgts 956-957, eats; dgt 962, le ndawo, her trunk; dgt 971, nudges with left elbow; dgt 983, eating; dgts 984-985, yathi, mouth open wide; dgt 987, apha, her stomach; dgt 992, sewing motions. On tape 44, side 2: dgt 32, brings the fingers of her hands together at the tips, forming a rounded arch; dgt 36, ngaka, hand three feet from ground; dgts 39-40, passes hand over face; dgt 40, plays with straw; dgt 57, hands held parallel, palms facing; sikhulu, spreads arms wide; dgt 61, uphondo, size indicated as whole right forearm; dgts 62-63, much action, clings to imaginary horn; dgt 63, uses straw to illustrate. Much action, very dramatic today. At the beginning of the day, considering what intsomi to perform, asks the audience if she has recently performed the intsomi about the youth who follows older children to emboleni and is killed by them, then comes back from the dead. She then proceeds with (1) emboleni, (2) defecating from a height, villain believing urine and feces are tea and bread, (3) ndolwa, (4) Mangangezulu, getting the horn of an impofu. Contains intonjane and circumcision rites