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The festival has mass participation by young men, as Umkhosi woMhlanga has by young women. There is a black bull sacrifice in the king's kraal as the young men work together to kill the animal without weapons, which was the subject of a failed lawsuit by South African animal rights activists in 2009.
The ceremonies are headed by the kings of the tribes: Mswati III in Swaziland, celebrated as Incwala, and King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu nation, celebrated as Umkhosi Wokweshwama. References [ edit ]
Umkhosi is a Zulu word for "festival" and may refer to: Umkhosi Wokweshwama, first fruits festival; Umkhosi woMhlanga, reed dance festival
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. A harvest festival is an annual celebration which occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. . Given regional differences in climates and crops, harvest festivals can be found at various times throughout the wo
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Karenga was partly inspired by an account he read of the Zulu festival Umkhosi Wokweshwama. [8]: 84 It was decided to spell the holiday's name with an additional "a" so that it would have a symbolic seven letters. [8]: 228 During the early years of Kwanzaa, Karenga said it was meant to be an alternative to Christmas.
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Traditionally it marked a time of prosperity, in the good harvests experienced after the seasonal agricultural period. It also brought people together, unifying them at a time of merry making and quashing fears of famine. In South Africa the tradition is practiced by Zulu people of KwaZulu-Natal as Umkhosi Wokweshwama.