FAMILY SECRETS

Lyrics to Qongqothwa
The groom's side of the family sang their hearts out as they welcomed the new bride to her new home, KWA XHOSA.

(LYRICS TO THE SONG QONGQOTHWA, WHICH WAS SANG WITH SO MUCH WARMTH )

"Igqirha lendlela nguqongqothwane (The doctor of the road is the knocking beetle)
Kuthwa nguqongqothwane (It is said to be the knocking beetle)
Igqirha lendlela nguqongqothwane (The doctor of the road is the knocking beetle)
Seleqabele gqi thapha nguqongqothwane (He has passed by up the steep hill, the knocking beetle)
Selequbule gqi thapha nguqongqothwane (He did pass by up the steep hill, the knocking beetle) "


The song is often used to welcome the bride or accompany the bridal party during WEDDING festivities .It signifies bringing good luck to the marriage.

This song was sang on purpose to give all the good luck they could to the new bride as they knew she was going to need it to face the four wives of the man she married and the curse she is not aware of, that has been lurking for generations in her new family.