Paper 2 · Gender and Women in Religion
The guyo and huyo, the grinding stone and its hand stone, show the importance of women in Indigenous Religion because they are used to
Agrind grain into meal, the daily work by which a family is fed.
Bcall the whole community together for a meeting at the village dare.
Cmeasure out the cattle paid over at a marriage negotiation.
Dmark the boundary between one family's field and another's.
Explanation: No homestead functions without the grinding stone, and it is worked by women. It stands for the woman as the one who sustains life daily, and it appears in proverbs and songs about a wife's worth. The mortar and pestle (duri nemutswi) carry the same meaning.
Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies 4047/2, Specimen Paper, Q1