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Mombe yemadiro| Here is one sacrificial ritual you probably never heard of

April 7, 2024August 17, 2018 by ZimbOriginal

‘mombe yeumai’ was paid many years ago It has been decades since Ratidzai was married customarily and the bride price known as ‘roora’ or ‘pfuma’ … Read more

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