Friend of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo
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09 October 1979
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Bhidli in front of his cattle pen. In order to honour his ancestors. Bhidli nailed the horns of cattle and goats to some posts of his cattle pen. The cactus, imbuna, and other plants are preventing the witshes (abathakathi) to do mischief in the cattle pen. Bhidli wears a bandolier of twisted black fur and a frontal apron, isinene, of imitated tails of different colours of fur, as well as side tails, izinjobo. At his necklace of beads with the medicine bottle are also attached the feet of a thick-tailed galago, isinkwa, galago crassicaudatus.
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