Tag Archives: Xhosa culture

People at a wedding

Posted on 5 July 2015 by Lotusdrifter
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Embo!

Posted on 24 January 2014 by Lotusdrifter

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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That wedding…

Posted on 17 October 2013 by Lotusdrifter

… 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 →

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We caused a stir

Posted on 24 September 2013 by Lotusdrifter

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.  The eyebrow pencil instead of calamine for the face painting was a … Continue reading →

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For the ancestors

Posted on 30 April 2013 by Lotusdrifter

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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