The cattle byre could be likened to the umuzi's temple: it was, and in many rural areas still is, the place where the ancestral spirits are thought to linger and thus where prayers are held.
Lesaka la dikgomo le ka tshwantshiwa le tempele ya umuzi: e ne e le, le mo mafelong a metseselegae a le mantsi le ga jaana, lefelo le mewa ya badimo go neng go akanywa gore e a diega, ka jalo fa dithapelo mo di neng di tshwariwa.