Umemulo is zulu traditional coming of age ceremony of a woman. The ceremony involves slaughtering of a cow and the Zulu traditional dance Ukusina involving a spear. This ceremony indicates that the woman is now ready for marriage.
woman and man ululating and singing all these traditional songs really knocked the reality into me. This is it, the first step to being with my Prince. However how my mother solved this issue we are about to have really makes me curious. How on this earth will she be able to cover the fact that my cherry has already been popped. As much as i hate deceiving the prince this is what I was told to do, I'm always the obeying one i guess.
I changed into all these beading thing and and a traditional black skirt . As I walked out the screaming and singing got louder. Woman were in front and behind me. It's like some orderly chaos. It's didn't help that my mother was here. This is all wrong.
I was led into a very small hut where an old woman was. She ordered me to lay down the mat. I guess this is it then. No words was exchanged between us as she gently opened up my skirt. She inserted two fingers inside me and I winced in pain. She was checking if my hymen was still intact.
"Tsk tsk tsk. You are lucky that i'm your moms friend you disgusting child. Don't you know that it's completely wrong for a young maiden like you to be sleeping around with man." The woman said. So this is what my mother said she would solve. Paying people and involving them in her lies. This woman had no right to say such things she has no idea what I had gone through. I didn't want to be disrespectful towards an elderly woman so I kept my mouth shut.
She exited before me to inform the others that i'm a virgin. My grandmother would be so disappointed in me. I should've told the Prince and maybe all this wouldn't be happening. As I walked out of the tent the woman smiled at me probably thinking what a good girl I am since they think I'm still a virgin.I'm living a life full of lies and this is all because of the woman who I call mother.
A lot was given to me including presents and I wore a layer of fat of the cow's stomach. Which was the only thing covering my boobs, at any point is this supposed to break as this will signify that I'm no longer a virgin. The way things took a drastic turn wasn't really what my mother planned at least. The cow's split as I was busy walking toward the royal house. Commotion and noise was heard all around. Someone people gasping and holding their mouths.
A bulky man came in front of me and pointed me with his stick. "Young lady, as royals we understand that things like these happen mistakingly and this may not be what we assume but we need to do the necessities and insure that everything is okay." The man spoke.
My mother on the other hand was having non of it. "What are you insinuating about my daughter. There won't be any necessities here that needs to be done the sooner we finish with this event the better." My mother yelled so that everyone could hear.
I guess the queens and king including Muzi all heard the commotion going on as they came running outside. "What is going on here?" The king asked in his authoritative voice that shut everyone up.
The bulky man told them everything. "But my king this could be nothing and a waste of time as we investigate the matter. We could just continue with the ceremony." My mother argued as the king gathered all the elders and aunts in the house to ddiscuss and solve the matter.
The king, queen and Muzi and all the rest of the men inside sat on chairs whilst the woman including myself sat flat on the floor. The king signalled for the man to continue talking with his authority stick.
"My king my lady and the Prince. We all know the traditions that our ancestors have passed down to us. The cow's fat this woman..."
"Her name is Ntombi." The prince interrupted.
"I mean Ntombi." The man continued to speak."The cow's fat broke and we all know what that signifies. I and my fellow man question her pureness and ask that she should be checked as tradition requires."
"Don't you dare! We all know that you want that daughter of yours to be the next queen of this land and you would do anything just so it could happen." My mother said. The king immediately silenced her as gasps achoed around.
"Ma'am please, your turn will come." He said to my mother. "mam (mother) glory anything you want to add." the king asked the woman who was wearing a lot of beads unlike me her body was covers all over because she is married and older.
"There's really not much to say on my side, my king. While I think that the lady in question is still a virgin I think We should proceed with what is necessary to set people's mind at ease." The woman said.
"Wise words mam glory. Any last words mam precious?" The king turned to us. All this while my head bowed down is shame as i stared at the floor and listened to everyone as they bickered about.
"My king on my behalf and especially my daughter's. I think it will be unnecessary because before all this she was checked." My mother argued back. The king was nodding his head until the bulky man spoke.
"My king this woman and her family can't be trusted. We all know how sipho took over other people's land selfishly. As the elders we request another check."
"HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY FAMILY." My mother yelled at the man.
"You uncultured swine." The man launched at my mother as the guards came to do damage control. "Oh now you going to beat a woman up." It's funny how she never stands up to sipho. The step dad
"You know it's fine let us call the woman and see what she has to say again." My mother finally said.
"The woman has long gone but we can get the other woman to do so." The woman suggested.
"No no no." ~mother.
"But I thought you said we could go on."~king.
That's it. I've had it. Time for all this madness to end. "My mother doesn't want to because she knows that I'm no longer pure." Everyone gasped. The prince stared at me as if I've grown two horns before looking to the side as I looked at his eyes. "My mother paid the woman to lie to you that I'm still a virgin." My vision blurred from the tears that threatened to spill. My mother elbowed endlessly but this is as far as it goes with her lies.
"My king I'm so sorry. You know how girls of this days are. I was just trying to protect her as a mother." My tears just rolled down my chick.
"Mother stop it. I've had it now. I'm sick and if you don't tell them what really happened I'm going to spill everything you and that monster made me go through. What sort of a mother are you?" I managed to say that with so much venom as I hicupped.
Everyone gasped and widens their mouths in surprise. Who wouldn't. They all thought we are a perfect family.
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First of I'm sorry about the non visuals in my book especially this chapter about the traditional attires my app doesn't want to upload the pic but I'll try inserting them in the next chapter.
2ndly~ I'm so proud because this is the longest chapter so far and thanks for reading.
3rdly ~pls comment and vote. Just wanna make sure I'm not writing for robots.
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