South African Culture, Customs And Practices Writ Large: Re-Morphed Cultural Renaissance Against Dysfunctional Existence
Young men from the Ndebele nation in South Africa pose for a photo during their initiation day
Mapunbwe Hill, whose material culture and customs and traditions within South African African Historiography should be grouped with the South African Negroid spectrum of peoples.
Both Zulu men and women do dance together and here they are in full flight
When Zulu women get married, they cover their bodies completely to let other know that she has a husband
When they are engaged, they cover their breasts with decorative beaded-clothing
Zulu Boy and Girl
King Moshoeshoe I of the Basotho People around the 1800s
A Mosotho man wearing his hat(Modianyewo), and also wearing a goat or cow skin(most times they wear a blanket because Lesotho on the top of the mountains is a cold place
Basotho young girls in an Initiation school doing the traditional Dance
Basotho Men riding their horses in the Maluti's(Mountains)
Basotho Women Showing off their Blankets
Basotho women dressed in their Sotho cultural dresses, along with embroidery on their dresses and beads in their hands and necks
The Tsonga/Venda people who share an ancestry with the Nguni and Shangaan people, doing their dance in one of their cultural events
Traditional Tsonga/Venda Dolls
Ndebele Woman engaged in producing her art
Ndebele Women in full traditional gear and jewelry sitting nex to their art
Ndebele Dolls
Ndebele Woman if full tradition wear
Mandela, in his younger days wearing the Xhosa traditional garb
Xhosa Women in their traditional garb and smoking their pipes. The elegant beadwork on their pipes keeps the pipestems cool enough to handle
Xhosa woman wearing traditional Xhosa cloth of long skirts, embroidered with horizontal stripes and placed at varying intervals
Xhosa Woman enjoying her pipe at a cultural Village
Xhosa women wearing their headdresses, long skirts and their leather purses
Elderly Xhosa women in Xhosa traditional wear singing Xhosa customary songs
Xhosa men being initiated into manhood clad in their cultural blankets
Local Xhosa "Chiefs" in an "Imbizo"
Xhosa "Chiefs" about to enter 'Ubuntu' Educational Center
Swazi Ladies adorning their traditional attire and in many colors and beads
Swazi people can be seen often clad in their traditional cloths "aMahiya", colorful beads and head decoration
Swazi children dancers clad in natural fauna of their villages(Leaves)
Thembu men wearing collar beads and other decorative Beads and they belong to the Xhosa stock
Young Ndebele men have just finished their initiation stint wherein they were interned for two months and learning the responsibilities of a man
A Young man from the Ndebele nation in South Africa on his initiation day
Shangaan Musha: Mambuaulela Makhubela & his Shangaan Drums Dancers performing in Park Station, South Africa
Shangaan women's traditional dress and also used in dancing ceremonies and is know as "Motjeka"
Shangaan Children doing their traditional dance wearing their customary/traditional
A Shangaan man sitting next to her hud and wearing his hair the traditionally Shangaan way, and a cloth and beads
Shangaan People in a village life setting wearing their traditional clothing
Shangaan men in a dancing and festive mode
Shangaan Male Dancers
Shangaan Traditional Healer
A Tswana woman wearing her traditional scarf and head-wrap in Soweto, South Africa
The Tswana Male dancers showing off their traditional dance moves
The Tswana Children doing a traditional song and dance
The Tswana Girls Traditional Dance Troupe
Tswana Girls and Boys going through their traditional dance and song at a celebration
Tswana man painted in traditional garb
Tswana Earthenware, red pigment
The San man in a hunting mode
San Woman carrying he child
The San people getting ready for a hunt
The San people on their Trek in the Kalahari(Meaning the Great Thirst)
A San youth dressed in simple cloth
Thembu men in their traditional beaded work apparel, and decor
Young bare breasted Xhosa girls in traditional dress and in a procession
Xhosa . This is called "Ithumbu" Xhosa Bead Blanket Pin or Cloak Pin- This beaded pin is referred to as a "Love Letter", is large and is considered a bead panel
Shangaan- Tsonga or North Sotho(Bapedi) mostly used for ceremonial and customary occasions by healers/Dingaka/Sangomas
Pedi Apron which is worn as front panels called "Gabi". These aprons are mede from leather, plant fiber and glass beads
Bottleslke this one are not curios, because they have specific usages. Its colors are popular with the Shangaan, the Pedis, and Tsongas and are popular to these clans
Beaded Nebele blanket ccaleed "Irari" or "Nuga" or Ngurara. these blankets are worn by married Ndebele women only
Zulu beaded apron made with tiny glass beadsDazzling geometric designs were created by use of the brick stitch. Triangles in this apron are recorded to represent traditional Zulu Shields
Ndebele Apron called "Pepetu", which a small beaded apron worn by a young ndebele maiden after completing a period of seclusion. These ries represent female initiation
The Ndebele Bride's train attached to her bridal costume
Culturally, a girls "thetana" was made by a female relative, most often by her mother or grandmother. Due to the method of construction
The Nebele wore a long train with he bridal costume called "Nyoga", which meant snake. It was attached to her shoulders and trailed down the back to the ground, making a snake-like motion as she danced
Swazi People in their Traditional dresses
Swazi people posing for a photo wearing their traditional gabardine
King Mswati III of Swaziland
