Swahili
ndongoa
ndo-NGO-a
How to say it
Swahilindongoando-NGO-asoon
Englishfuneral animal sacrificesoon
Frenchsacrifice funérairesoon
Meaning
a traditional custom of slaughtering an animal in front of a deceased person's house.
Good to know
ndongoa (custom of killing an animal Lgoat, oxj in front of the house of a deceased person)
Examples
- Familia ilifanya ndongoa baada ya kifo cha babu.The family performed the ndongoa custom after their grandfather's death.
- Je, ndongoa bado inafanywa katika jamii yenu?Is the ndongoa custom still practiced in your community?
- Waliweka mbuzi tayari kwa ndongoa.They prepared a goat for the ndongoa ritual.
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