KwaZulu-Natal
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Makhosi Fourie |
Young sangomas learning about the older sangomas |
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Makhosi Fourie |
Sangomas sharing and thanking ancestors. |
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Makhosi Fourie |
Sangomas sharing and thanking all ancestors of every sangomas. |
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Makhosi Fourie |
Master of ceremonies talking to makhosi Fourie daughter |
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Makhosi Fourie |
Young sangomas, 11 years and 16 years. |
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Native women hair dressing |
Native women hair dressing |
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Rickshaw and puller, Durban |
Rikshaw pullers in Durban |
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Native police |
Native police |
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Natives at dinner |
Natives at dinner |
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Zulu women grinding corn |
Zulu women grinding corn |
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Zulu mother |
Zulu mothers |
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Zulu girls ready for market |
Zulu girls ready for market |
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Zulu women |
Zulu women |
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Makhosi Fourie |
Special herbs wre given to her to drink for deep cleansing and further cleansing took place in the river. |
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Makhosi Fourie |
On the day of Makhosi Fourie's graduation she was taken down to the river before sunrise. |
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Makhosi Fourie |
The preparation and sacrifice of the lamb was carried out the night before. |
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Makhosi Fourie |
Traditionally the men and women sit separately at all social levels. |
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Makhosi Fourie |
A shoba is a symbol of a diploma as a traditional doctor. |
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Makhosi Fourie |
Makhosi spoke in unison as positive confirmation, by other sangomas, as acknowledgement of what the speaker is saying. |
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Sangomas sharing feelings |
All sangomas share their feelings of joy and appreciation of their cultural peers joining forces with their ancestors. |