Katesa Schlosser
| Thumbnail |
Title |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
In Bafungile's house. On the last day of the author's stay in April 1979 the Madelas and Ziphelapi thanked the author for the flight and honoured her with beer, utshwal, and dances. From left to right: Ziphelaphi, Susa' wife Totoyi and Susa(drinking). Cf. "Susa", plate 22 bottom and p.51 |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Same situation as F.17/3. From left to right: Mbabazeni's daughter Nqahile, Totoyi, Suasa, a son of Susa, Susa' s son in law Maqhubandaba Mbatha, Mashingeni Khumalo. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Same situation as F17/3 and F17/6. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Same situation as F17/3, F17/6, F17/17. Susa performing war dance= ukugiya) with shield and knobkerries. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
The kraal of Mbuyiseleni Mthethwa far away from Laduma Madela's kraal on Ceza Mountain where the ox by the name of Batomu was bought |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Nera Laduma's kraal after returning from the Mthethwa kraal. Laduma had had his impressive walking stick with him with the hand of a baboon as a crook(mostly regarded as a hand of a man). |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Laduma Madela lights a cigarete with a magnifying glass |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Laduma Madela lights a cigarete with a magnifying glass |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
As a suprise for the author Laduma fastned this drawing on brown paper just for one hour at the entrance of his kraal. To the left: The rock of all creatures appeared; to the right the mighty elephant, indlovu yamandla, which opened the rock of all rocks. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Preparation for the festival: Laduma's daughter Alexina Madela Dlakude brews beer, utshwala. To the right Laduma's wife Bafungile. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Laduma's wife Bafungile prepares beer for the ceremony/ festival |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Children, the boy with a long knobstick, in Alexina's sweet potatoe field. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
On the day before the killing of the ox quite a few wooden meat trays were deposited in Bafungile's house. Ziphelaphi serves Susa with beer. The beer pot which is covered stands between them. A beer twirl lies in an enamel basin filled with water. Susa wears a red lourie feather in his hair. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
While Susa walks up and down Laduma stand still and presents the ancestors' spear. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
The killed ox is cut by the slaughterer Mashingeni Khumalo. Behind his a son of Susa. To the right Laduma's friend, the old Mjijani Nkonkonyane Madide. To the left of Mashingeni is Mbabazeni Madela. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
On the place where the ox had been slaughtered four men drink beer. The beer pot is to the left, the drinking calabash is in an enamel dish. Some intestines and part of the ox' stomach are on one of the meat trays. Susa had to eat ceremonially little pieces from the ox' raw stomach. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
The ox tail and the ancestor spear with which the ox had been killed, in the hut. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Some meat was carried into the hut on a wooden tray. It was then placed on the green leaves. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
In Bafungile's house several women (more than on the picture) eat from the raw contents of the ox' stomach, umswani. This food is a priviledge of married women. |
|
| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Laughingly Laduma entered the hut and ate some of the women' food because he liked it. Very soon he left the hut again. |