 Important decisions made by kings such as going to war or conducting a raid on a neighboring kingdom are said to have been made inside a diving house called a "buchwankwanzi".Inside this structure, the king, along with his most trusted advisers, would base their decisions on what the diviner(s) foretold.The term "buchwankwanzi" is translated as "spitting pearls," which refers to the words of wisdom coming from mouths of those prophesying within.