Katesa Schlooser
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli has put part of the meat on an enamel plate, to the left, and continues to cut the meat which is on the meat tray. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli drinks out of a beer pot, ukhamba.- On the door of his hut is a black cross as a protection against lightning. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mbhekeni Mhlongo |
Portrait of Mbhekeni.(see the whole figure: F10/10.) Mbhekeni in Velabengasho's kraal. In his umqhele (head band) from leorpard skin are two crane feathers, one of them dyed red. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mbhekeni Mhlongo |
Mbhekeni Mhlongo in front of Velabengasho Khumalo's goat kraal. His frontal apron, isinene, is from genet and calf skins, his rear apron, ibheshu, from calf skin. On his left ankle he wears a bead ornament. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mbhekeni Mhlongo |
On the occasion of the wedding of his friend Mxoveni Khumalo, Mbhekeni Mbhekeni Mhlongo impresses the guests with a skin of a mamba snake he wears on his back. Thus he demonstrates that he is an inyanga (medicine man). In his armlet he wears an ostrich feather. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mbhekeni Mhlongo |
On 8th October 1979 Mbhekeni is kneeling behind Laduma's large dance shield which has a size of a large war shield of the type inkumba. He carries Laduma's battle axe. The ceremonial cloak is Madela's. It is corresponds to the cloak of a traditional war doctor. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Mbhekeni Mhlongo |
Mbhekeni Mhlongo in front of his father Bhidli's cattle kraal. Cf. the corresponding picture of Bhidli F.19/9. Here are seen, to the left, another pair of cattle horns, They are coloured blue, for no special reason. |
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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 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. |