ZimbOriginal 
A Shona clan has a clan name, the mutupo, which all clansmen are identified by. A mutupo has an animal symbol, and the animal is tabooed by clansmen. A chidao is the male title, while the mutupo name is used to address females.
Shona religion centres on spiritual beings. Gombwe is a guardian spirit of a tribe, mhondoro is a clan spirit, mudzimu is an ancestral spirit, and shavi is a patronal spirit. Then there is the healing and divining n’anga spirit, and the evil muroyi spirit.
Vanhu vakasiyana vanogona kushandisa nzira dzakasiyana pakuumba kwavanoita hari. Zvisinei, kuumba hari kunosanganisira kutsvaga rondo, kuumba kwacho chaiko, kudavadisa, kuomesa, nekupisa.
