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Tag Archives: Xhosa culture
People at a wedding
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Tagged Eastern Cape, South Africa, Xhosa culture, Xhosa traditional dress, Xhosa wedding
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Embo!
It was a swelteringly hot day in East London yesterday. The School Communicator popped up on my computer screen at mid-day. An alarming red notice said that after-school sport was cancelled owing to the heat. Thabisa’s mother phoned in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eastern Cape, Mthatha, Pondo culture, South Africa, weather, Xhosa culture
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That wedding…
… caused some serious confusion. It wasn’t Thabisa and I that were getting married, it was Milisa and Nonelelo. Re-reading my last post I see that it was a bit ambiguous. Sorry! 🙂 Here are the pics from the traditional … Continue reading
We caused a stir
I have never been more photographed in my life! The general consensus, in spite of my reservations about white people in Xhosa traditional dress, was that it worked. Â The eyebrow pencil instead of calamine for the face painting was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Debe Nek, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Wedding, Xhosa culture, Xhosa traditional dress
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For the ancestors
I have owed you some pictures for a while now. This relates to a ceremony held in Thabisa’s village, Corana, just the other side of Mthatha. Thabs and her cousin Mazwi had both been dreaming regularly of their great-grandmother who … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, Corana, Eastern Cape, impepho, sheep, superstition, Xhosa culture
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