Va Mbire

I will share what I have gathered from the chroniclers,  what has been passed down to me and continuously being passed down to me and what I know. I will avoid my own opinion. We all have opinions and they could be misleading at this stage in Africa's Awakening process. In terms of the word Shona, I have heard that in India it means Gold. There was so much Gold here and the Indian Traders called it Goldland. Translating it to Shonaland. Others say when Zimbabweans went to South Africa, vaino 'tshona' variko. And this was adulterated to Shona. What I know is the term Shona, regardless of where it comes from, was used by colonialists and traders to put all Zimbabweans in one Basket. They didn't want to be bothered about who the Zimbabweans truly are. And they also wanted to deliberately disconnect the inhabitants of Zimbabwe from their root or true self. The term Shona is not even used by the Ancestral Spirits. They dont even recognize nor know who the Shona are.  Concerning the term KaRanga, this is what has been passed down to me from the Ancestors. When the Mbire migrated to what we now call Zimbabwe, they found at Mabwe A Dziva a people called KaRanga. Mabwe A Dziva was a Banya for Rain Making Ceremonies. KaRanga Spirituality is based on Fertility. And Rain is the Fertility Substance of the Land. They did not practice what has become known as the Mwari Religion of the Mbire. The Mbire took over Mabwe A Dziva and turned it into Dzimbahwe and it became a residential place as well as market place. There by desecrating the place which was mearnt for Rain Ceremonies mostly. And other Rituals and Ceremonies associated with the KaRanga Spirituality. The Mbire adopted some of the practices. Infact most of them and mixed them with the ones they were already practicing to come up with what is known today as ChiVanhu. The KaRanga people found at Mabwe A Dziva by the Mbire were of the Dziva/Mbedzi House and the Hungwe. Represented by the Crocodile and 'Zimbabwe Bird' respectively. The last Rain Maker (Gombwe) to operate from there was Karuva. Who then migrated to Marungudze. The Mbire were Soko, Mhofu and Moyo. And later more Houses were born out of the Moyo House. Mhiko ne Zviga zvema Tateguru avo zvakamira sekudai : Vayera Soko vakadzidziswa Dare re Mvura. Ndivo vakaita VaNyai ve Mvura. MuNyai mutumwa. Haasi muridzi we Dare. Ndosaka nanhasi Mhondoro dzinotura Dare re Mvura ku Gombwe. Vayera Moyo ndivovaka takudzwa Dare re Tsivo yevhu. Kureva ndivo vanogadza Hushe hwe Dzimbahwe. Saka tikaona Muyera Soko ogadza Hushe Matare anenge atotanangirwa. Tikaona muyera Moyo oita dare re Mvura, anenge atotanangira Matare. Asi kana ari Mhondoro chiga chake kusvitsa dare iri ku Gombwe. Zvaiitwa na Bhasvi kuna Karuva. Dare re Mvura vene varo vayera Dziva kana kuti va KaRanga. Tikaona muyera Dziva mu Dzimbahwe kana muyera Hungwe achizviti i Mhondoro, tinoti aikaka chava chii zvakare. Nekuti va Mbire ndidzo Mhondoro dze Dzimbahwe. Vazhinji havazvitendi zvavo nekuti kune mamwe ma Dzinza anozviti ndivo vana samasimba vane Simba revhu nehuyerwa zvose Asi sandizvo. Ma Dzinza ose anerakatarwa ravanobata maringe ne Magariro atakaita. VaMbire zvizhinji zvavo zvavanoita Zvino fambidzana ne Mwedzi. VaKaranga zvino fambidzana ne Zuva. Muenzaniso we ChiKaranga chimwe chakatorwa neva Mbire inhau ye Ngundu ye minhenga. Ngundu ine chekuita neva KaRanga Kwete neva Mbire. Makatarisa mhuri imwe yeva KaRanga ya MuNguni, va BaNguni vanoshandisa minhenga. Uye mhuri dzakazotangwa na Soshangane dzimwe na Zwangendaba zvakare. VaKaranga ivavo. Vana Khumalo va Nguni zvakare. Imhuri imwe chete iyoyo. Tikatevedza Zviga ne Mhiko yema Tateguru zvingabatsire kuona kuti iri idzinza ripi. Rabuda mumba ipi. Tikada kutarisa kuti vanhu vari kugara kupi zvinoti vhiringa nekuti vanhu vaingofamba vachitama pamusana pezvikonzero zvakawanda kusanganisa hondo, kuwanda nekukura semhuri. Saka hatitarise kwamunogara gara kuti tizive kuti muri va KaRanga here kana kuti va Mbire, kana va Tonga, kana Mlilo/Chauke Kana kuti Mtunzi. Hatiterere rurimi zvakare nekuti rinodzidzirwa. Ukataura chi Budya, hazvirevi kuti wava we Dzinza ra Chakoreka. Tinotarisa Dare rawakatakura kana raka takurwa nema Tateguru ako. Ndiro rinoreva kuti uri papi. Nhasi vazhinji vanosanganisa. Vobatira pwere matare asiriwo nekuti havazive kuti pwere iyi yabuda Mumba yani vari ve Dzinza ripi. Mabatirwo anoitwa Matare Eva Mbire akasiyana neanoitwa Eva KaRanga. Saka tinoto terera zvinotaurwa ne Mhepo. Kwete zvataka verenga muzvinyorwa. Kwanhasi ini ndapedzera pano. Ndizvo zvandinoziva. Handipo pakuita nharo. Munhu wose anoita zvaanoziva. Asi kubvunza Hakuna kuipa kana tisinga zive. Nharo hadzibatsire kazhinji. Tinotevedza nhanho dzema Tateguru kana dziri nhau dzema Dzinza ne Mhiko ne Zviga zvavo. Tinotevedza Matare kana chiri chi KaRanga kana ChiVanhu. Asi kana zviri zvimwe, tinoita zvedu nharo nekuti tinenge takaverenga ma book akasiyana. Nekuona ma video, ma documentary nezvimwe zvizere pa internet zvekuitisa nharo. Hazvipere.