Mkhafuleni Khumalo
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
On the way from Laduma Madela to Mkhafuleni Khumalo. To the left of a kraal is a cattle pen. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
In the foreground of Mkhafuleni's cattle pen, a decaying tree (with anti-lightning medicine on it); a mill for producing samp from maize. In the centre a large garden belonging to a kraal from the Mhlongo clan, with sweet potatoes and bananas) |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
In front of Mkhafuleni's cattle pen, Mkhafuleni, his first wife, his mother and 8 of his about 20 children he had at that time from 3 women |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Mkhafuleni with a frontal apron, isinene, from stripes of leopard skin and black calf skin, and with four bandoliers from glass beads. Cf. "Der einbeinige Gott", colour plate XIX) |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Mkhafuleni with his mother |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
The mother of Mxoveni, Velabengasho and Mkhafuleni Khumalo. Her name was Qhamkile ka Makhoba Khumalo. She was an isamgoma, a diviner. Her top knot is a wig. Her bandolier of respect, isikhafulo, is worked in crochet. Her skirt is from blackened neat's leather. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Mkhafuleni Khumalo in front of his cattle pen. Two horns of cattle have been put on the poles in order to show to the ancestors that the cattle have been slaughtered in their honour. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Mkhafuleni with his first wife. He wears a great dance crown from the winter-feathers of isakabula, the long tailed widow-bird, Diatrpus progne (Robert, no. 818) |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Mkhafuleni with his first wife. He wears a great dance crown from the winter-feathers of isakabula, the long tailed widow-bird, Diatrpus progne (Robert, no. 818)KHGG |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Mkhafuleni lifts his feather crown ( The garden of the Mhlongo kraal can be seen from Mbabazeni kraal which is immediately below Laduma's kraal |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
A roof is going to be repaired, Contour farming, according to an order of the South African Government to prevent soil erosin. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Hanging down from the roof upon the wall; a twirling-stick for beer, utshwala. ; a necklace from small wooden sticks, iminyezane. On top of the picture of a python's skin. In the centre; a forked piece of wood for churning medicine; a knife, etc. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Parts of bones and parts of wooden medicines. On top; isisefu solwandle= sea's sieve=a piece of coral |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
On the wall: a black sheep ram's skin with which Mkhafuleni covers his back when he fights the lightning. On top: a piece of coral and the cuttlebones= "excrements of the moon", for the treatment of eye sicknesses. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Above the door: to the right two cattle horns. To the left part of a frame for sleeping and sitting mats, with painted ornaments |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Twigs from umhlonishwa, skeletons of snakes, a knife, etc. (Cf. Medizinen, pp. 108, 109 with more detailed explainations.) |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
A little daughter of Mkhafuleni in the Great hut behind a large beer vessel, isikhamba. This is 43 cm high and stands within the fireplace. Its opening is covered with a rectangular eating mat, isithebe, and a plaited beer pot cover, umbenge, which is decorated with beads. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
The little girl standing besides the large beer vessel. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Another little daughter of Mkhafuleni carrying a baby. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mkhafuleni Khumalo |
Mkhafuleni demonstrate the way he fights the lightning: He stands near one of his anti-lightning posts=decayed trees which have crosses (not visible) made with red anti-lightning medicine. |