Katesa Schlosser
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mxoveni Khumalo |
Laduma Madela accompanied the bride's party and blew his horn in order to ask permission for the bride's party to enter the bridegroom's kraal for the wedding. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mxoveni Khumalo |
During the weeding ceremony bride and bridegroom showed-according to Zulu custom-sad faces. Especially the bride has demonstrate her own sorrow for leaving her family. For the Zionist wedding bride and bridegroom are dressed in a modern way. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mxoveni Khumalo |
After the religious ceremony the bridegroom changed into traditional skin dress, partly, however supplied by perlon plush and plastic (bandoliers and head dress). In his head ornament a coloured crane feather. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mxoveni Khumalo |
We are leaving Mxoveni's wedding in time before rain started. To the left Laduma' favourite wife Ziphelaphi Mhlongo. On her white woolen cap a feather from a guinea fowl demonstrating her being a medicine woman. This feather brings good luck. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Thembani Alexina Dlamini-Khumalo |
Portrait of Thembani Alexina Dlamini Khumalo. Below the topkot she wears a band white beads with some coloured ornaments, umnqwazi, a token of respect she ows to her in-laws. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Thembani Alexina Dlamini-Khumalo |
Thembani whole figure. On top of her matrimonial skirt, isidwaba, from leather she wears a black cotton apron with glass bead ornaments. On the back and over the shoulders she has a transparent black shawl. Her bag is decorated with much beadwork. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Thembani Alexina Dlamini-Khumalo |
Thembani from behind. The black shawl has a broad edge from white glass beads. Beneath it she wears a rear apron from black material with a very broad edge of white glass beads. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Thembani Alexina Dlamini-Khumalo |
Thembani, to the left, and the First wife of her brother-in-law Mkhafuleni Khumalo.(Her name was known to Laduma Madela) |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Thembani Alexina Dlamini-Khumalo |
Thembani, to the left, and the First wife of her brother-in-law Mkhafuleni Khumalo.(Her name was known to Laduma Madela) |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Ziphelaphi and Bafungile Madela |
Bhidli's granary, Ziphelaphi left and Bafungile Khumalo-Madela, Laduma's wife (right). Bafungile (at that time about 66 years old), wears a neklace from the cones of Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae). |
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Girl with ornamental incisions on her belly, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
Girl with ornamental incisions on her belly, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
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Granaries, Maputa huts, 12 June 1959 |
Granaries, Maputa huts, 12 June 1959 |
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Headboy with musical instrument, Golela, July 1953 |
Headbpy with musical instrument, Golela, July 1953 |
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House or hut between eucalyptus trees, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
House or hut between eucalyptus trees, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
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House with a wall similar to that of F18-15 |
Maputa house or hut (Thongaland hut) similar to F18-15 |
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Ilala palm (Chamaerops) in the sandy plains between the Pongolo and Maputa. (Stumps cut to make traditional beer- utshwala), 12 June 1959 |
Ilala palms (Chamaerops) in the sandy plains between the Pongolo and Maputa. (Stumps cut to make traditional beer,) The juice flows from the stumps into a calabash. 12 June 1959 |
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Ilala palmer palms (Chamaerops) in the sandy plains between the Pongolo and Maputa. (Stumps cut to make traditional beer- utshwala bamasundu), 12 June 1959 |
Ilala palmer palms (Chamaerops), between Ingwavuma and Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
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Ilala palms (Chamaerops) in the sandy plains between the Pongolo and Maputa. (Stumps cut to make traditional beer- utshwala), 12 June 1959 |
Ilala palms (Chamaerops) in the sandy plains between the Pongolo and Maputa. (Stumps cut to make traditional beer- utshwala), Survey of juice production. The basket protecting the juice production has been taken off. 12 June 1959 |
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Indian Shembe church member (Ingudlungudlu), eKuphakameni, 1953 |
Shembe church members "ingudlungudlu", eKuphakameni, 1953 |
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Ingwavuma, fruit tree for distribution, 1953 |
Ingwavuma, frui tree for distribution, Golela, July 1953 |