 It assumes a mythical and spiritual dimension as it is thought to have some link with the ancestors.It has the same totemic heritage value of a snake(umaJola) to the Jola clan of the Mpondomise, a lion to the Taung people and a crocodile among the Bakwena group of Basotho.Cattle (Iinkomo)
Xesibe people have always had special relationship with and attachment to 
their livestock and cattle assume a mythical status for their spiritual, social 
and economic value.