Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, A Gcaleka woman
Place: Outside Masithathu Zenani's home, edongeni, on a perfect sunny day with little wind, 10 am (to 4:40 pm, with a one-half hour break and brief breaks)
Audience: Varies throughout the day
Notes: Almost six hour performance today, to bring the total performance to fifty-two hours. The narrator concentrates on intonjane today (and yesterday, too), with thikoloshe prominent. Mandla and Nomacecembisa, isigodlo. Much gesturing, body movement, and vocal drama today. Dgt 160, lulaph', she indicates the center of a circle; dgt 245, ngaka, hand held about three feet from the ground; dgt 494, demonstrates where the inkciyo is worn; dgt 496, bathe, sits upright; dgt 503, demonstrates how they line up, side by side; dgt 509, as in dgt 503; dgt 510, njenje, behind each other; dgt 511, zith', side by side; dgt 514, yenza nje, hands limp in front of her body. Throughout dgts 503-514, much activity with hands and body to demonstrate positions. Does the intsomi turn on these important rites of passage ceremonies? Superb performance. Utywala throughout the day during the performance