Kutia mui
hijabuni ni sadaka ya mui hufanywa kukinga mui katika balaa fulani kama balaa
ya njaa,ugonjwa,vita au janga lolote linalokabili mui huo.
Sadaka
huchangwa na wenye mui kila nyumba hutoa mchango wake kulingana na uwezo wako,
kama pesa au mkate kwa wasiyojiweza.
Pesa hizo
kununuliwa ngombe akachinjwa ndee ya mui na kuliwa pamoja na mkate.
Sadaka hiyo
haifai kupelekwa muini inaliwa huko huko ndee ya mui.
Sadaka hini
hufanywa mpaka sasa.
Village Sacrifices
for Disaster in Old Swahili
Village sacrifice is done when the village or the country is
facing a certain disaster like outbreak of the disease, lack of rain,
misunderstanding in the village, fighting, lack of rain and e.tc.
The sacrifice is done by all the villagers of that village
or town. Everyone contribute money and for those who can not afford to pay money,
they buy breads.
Then a big cow is purchased with that money, the cow is then taken
round the whole village by the villagers themselves while praying until they reach a place outside the village, there the cow is
slaughtered, cooked and eaten with breads.
The
meat is not allowed to be taken back to the village rather it is eaten outside of the village
where the cow was slaughtered.
Prepared by Khadija Issa Twahir
Lamu Fort Museum
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