ihlambo, noun

/iˈɬaːmbɔ/
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IsiZuluShow more IsiZulu ihlambo, ilihlambo.
In traditional Zulu society: a purification ceremony which ends a period of mourning.
1934 Sunday Times 25 Feb. (Swart)This ceremony is known as ihlambo to the Zulus, to whom it is of great importance and significance.
1937 C. Birkby Zulu Journey 70The nation mourned him for eighteen months and its was not until the great ceremony of Ihlambo which ‘cleansed’ the nation and ended the mourning period that the successor to the throne was chosen.
1955 E.A. Ritter Shaka Zulu 329This campaign..would now also serve as the i-hlambo or mourning hunt for his mother’s death.
a purification ceremony which ends a period of mourning.
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igxagxa, nounn.ii-, iim-, iin-, prefixpref.
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