5/2 INITIATJOX KITES UF THE liAPl'Xj. 



The Song of the {^kuitning. * 



Koa mariitsi)ig~In the place where the Baz'iaaiistaarts grow. 



Ga mogala tladi — \\1iere the brilhant hghtning flashes. 



Phofolo ea ntshc — -The animal of that ])lace. 



E tsoala ka koto — Gives birth with the feet. 



Bono se la gona — Also it has a " bono." 



Ke mahlolodika — That is the miraculous sign. 



A mogala tlali — ( )f the lirilliant lightning. 



Then follows this chorus : — 



Tsoai! Tsoai! Tsoai! — Salt! .Salt! .Salt! 

 Tsoai la ntsoctsocncnc! — Salt the delicious! 

 La ntsoetsoencnc! — The delicious. 



The moment the first words of this chorus are sung the chief 

 Miditi take their place in front of the jirocession, and the rest 

 close in on every side of the Badikana, and the homeward march 

 commences. Beating the ground with their sticks, the leading 

 Miditi cry, " Tsoai badikana!" and the Badikana reply " Mafe- 

 fu !' f The Badikana are severely handled all the time on the 

 homeward march, being Ijeaten with sticks, and shouldered from 

 side to side. Sometimes the Miditi will even cut branches of thorny 

 bu.shes and throw theiu on to the heads of the luckless boys. All 

 this cruelty is accompanied by the following chant, sung anti- 

 phonally, the versicle l^eing sung by the Miditi, the response by 

 the Badikana. 



Till'. .So.NG (IF THi: .Salt. 



V. Tsoai Madikana. — / '. .*>alt. ( ) Initiites. 



R. Mafcfn! K. Mafcfu! 



La ntsoctsocncnc — The delicious. 



Mafcfu. Mafcfu. 



La ga kc dya motho — Which says T do not eat anybody. 



Mafcfu. Mafcfu. 



Kc dya ca ndyago — I only eat those who cat me. 



Mafcfu. Mafcfu. 



Eo sa cndycgo — .\nd he who does not eat me. 



Mafcfn. Mafcfu. 



Ku slut pa ko 'ila — ? 



Mafcfn. Mafcfu. 



Ko nca ko kgoloanc — I am going to give Kgoloane. 



Mafcfu. ' " Mafcfu. 



Kgolt>a)ic Mashala — Kgoloane \\ho alw.iws remains. 



Mafcfu. ' Mafcfu. 



Mashala ra A/'oo/Zr-— Ixemains at " Xoatle " ( ? ). 



Mafcfu. Mafcfu. 



Ore go sliata b\ang? — He savs : How are \o\x going to remain ? 



Mafcfu.' ' ' Mafcfu. 



* According to a Malahoch authority this is a Bogocra chant, and does 

 not belong to the Bodika. 



t Mafefii is a password, and its use is taliooed to tlic nncircunicised. 



