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View subscriptionsSisters who burned to death while secluded for sacred ritual, laid to rest
The mother of the three sisters who died in a mysterious fire while undergoing the intonjane rite into womanhood in Tsomo, still cannot believe her daughters are dead. Royalty, the clergy, and sangomas said the beauty of the rite should not be demonised by the incident. The mother should not blame herself for allowing her daughters to undergo the sacred ritual.
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