Different Colours of Beads and the Meaning Assigned to them

Zulu, CULTURE, African beads
Collection: 
Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
Contributor: 
PJ Zungu
Resource Type: 
Documents
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
Resource Identifier: 
History of KZN Natal Zulus - Traditional Zulu File
File Type: 
Document
Extent: 
5 pages
Rights Holder: 
UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

White beads symbolise purity and they are mainly used by the diviners because they have a belief that the ancestors that they worship like white things which are not associated with evil.

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Posted by: Thiru
On: Friday, March 11, 2022 - 10:35