Sentence:  This washing is done by several elderly persons of the respective sex and these wrap it up with a <WSD>sanda</WSD> (white calico), either one or several according to the dignity, age and richness of the dead. But <WSD>sanda</WSD> instead of mikuswa (banana-leaves) was introduced lately because the people were not using clothes but mayombwe, i.e. stringy material (56a). The <WSD>sanda</WSD> comes next to the body whilst the mat will be spread inside the grave and another covers the outer of the mutufwi (57). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A white calico shroud used in East Africa.