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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli points at his "bones" consisting of different materials, e.g. ankle bones and epiphyses, shells, stones, money etc. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli has removed the upper meat tray and cuts the meat. On Bhidli's hips are his side tails,izinjong, seen. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Laduma Madela in Bhidli's private hut. In front of him a meat tray with part of the boiled goar's meat covered with another, smaller meat tray. Madela in one of the typical Zulu men's sitting positions. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli in one of the typical Zulu men's sitting positions. Both sides his legs are sides tails, izinjongo (K. Schlosser's favourote picture of Bhidli!) |
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' Springbok' |
Color scene of a Springbok on a leap. |
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' A Horse' |
Wtercolor scene of a brown horse. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli, Laduma and Eric Khwela eat from the goat's liver from the meat tray on which there is also coarse white salt, into which the pieces of the liver were dipped.Bhidli wers in the middle of his headring the head skin of a cata (which one?) and behind it two red Lourie feathers. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Madela strikes with a stone as a hammer on a butcher's knife in order to cut off the epiphysis from the metatarsus of a hind foot which is placed on a large stone |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
On the meat tray at the metatarsia of the forefeet of the goat are the epiphyses visible but still in situ. At the longer metatarsia of the hind feet are the epiphyses visible in situ. The ankle bones (astralagi) have been placed next to the upper end of the metatarsia. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
The two ankle bones have been placed on the meat tray while Madela continues to work. His neck-band is from leopard skin. The Creator, Mvelinqangi, had told him to wear it. His necklaces are better seen on F19/20. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
With a pocket knife Madela cuts off those bones of the joints of the metatarsia which are used for dividing as dices (amathambo "bones). |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
On a meat tray there are two longer hind feet and two shorter forefeet of the goat F.18/23 as well as wristlet, "isiphandla". Madela has cut it from the skin on the forehead of the goat. With this wristlet Bhidli honoured later on the author. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
The plants protecting Bhidli's cattle kraal/pen. To the right the flowering cactus, imbuna (in no dictionary). To the left an orchid, imfe yenkawu, elophia.. Bhidli "if you want to send a dream to someone you have to mix imfe yenkawu with other medicines. |
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Friend of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
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. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
A young man from the Zulu clan fastens the goat's skin with pegs |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli is churning medicine. he wears two necklaces from beads. To one of them small medicine bottles are attached, to the other one a medicine horn with anti-lightning medicine. |
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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Thanking me for large colour poster Bhidli slaughtered a goat in my honour, bringing me thus in contact with his ancestor spirits. He did it in the same way as Velabengasho (see the album "Velabengasho Khumalo"). |
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On the way: View towards the top of Ceza Mountain. The Zulu are working on their fields. |
On the way: View towards the top of Ceza Mountain. The Zulu are working on their fields. |
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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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Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
On the way from Laduma Madela's kraal to Bhidli's kraal. From left to right: Ziphelaphi Mhlongo, Laduma Madela, Eric Khwela as interpreter. Ziphelaphi and eric Khwela carry my outfit. |