“Don’t Take It to Heart”: Hectic Preps for Umcimbi, No One Shows Up, SA Astonished
- A young woman prepared an incredible feast, including large buckets of traditional beer and an abundance of meat, only to have the people she had prepared it for fail to show up.
- The clip shared on TikTok sparked a wave of curiosity and commentary from social media users
- Online viewers were eager to know who was meant to attend the event, with many finding humour and offering to show up themselves next time
Source: TikTok
An intriguing video showcased a young woman’s incredible efforts to prepare a traditional feast, only for the intended guests to allegedly be absent.
The clip, shared on TikTok by user @mamdumjana, garnered massive curiosity and amused reactions from social media users.
In the short video, a person moves around filming a monumental amount of food, which seemed to be for a traditional ceremony. The clip shows huge buckets of umqombothi, a traditional African beer made from maize, sorghum malt, yeast, and water. The feast also included a ready-to-cook cow, which was lying on its skin, as well as many chickens that had been prepared with all their feathers removed, ready for cooking.
An unexpected feast
The young woman, however, captioned her post with a sense of distress, stating that they had prepared all the food for a specific group of people and that they had not shown up. The sheer amount of food and drink she had ready suggested that it was meant for a very large gathering, which made the absence of the guests even more surprising and intriguing. The video provided a glimpse into a potential family ceremony that did not go as planned, leaving them to deal with an abundance of delicious food.
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Source: TikTok
SA reacts with curiosity and humour
The clip gained massive views, likes, and comments from social media users who were very keen to know more about the situation. Many wanted to know if it was the family who did not pitch or the village people.
Some shared their experiences, saying they often struggle to get people to leave their homes after a ceremony, adding that they wouldn't mind a not-so-busy event. Other commenters humorously asked for @mamdunjana’s address, saying that next time she should invite the TikTok family, promising they would happily show up to the feast.
User @sabelo_ntul shared:
"Next time, you should invite us on TikTok, we show up for strangers."
User @zandi mdashe said:
"Such things happen xa ungazihambi izinto zeminye imizi (when you don't attend other people's events)."
User @Cindo Cphumelele Mzo added:
"According to my mom, this will happen at my funeral since I don't attend other people's funerals, lol."
User @Eve commented:
"Don't take it to heart, it happens. At times, ancestors do this because maybe some people had already prepared ways to ruin things. With your guides, just place your food in the ancestral house, ask your guides what you ask, and as the day goes by, place some stuff into the fridge nizidlele (feast as a family) day by day."
User @Ziziland_Fithawa said:
"It begins with respect, regardless of your status, money and your levels. People love themselves, too."
User @Miles_Lesego advised:
"As long as you did the ceremony for yourself, it's fine, invite the neighbours 😉."
Watch the TikTok video below:
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- A family performing a traditional ritual at home experienced an unexpected mishap when one of the chicken's feathers caught fire from nearby candles.
- A gogo watched her two granddaughters with pride while performing a traditional dance at an Eastern Cape rural ceremony.
Proofreading by Kelly Lippke, copy editor at Briefly.co.za.
Source: Briefly News
