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  2. Zulu people - Wikipedia

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    The Zulu were originally a minor clan in what is today Northern KwaZulu-Natal, founded c. 1574 by Zulu kaMalandela.In the Nguni languages, iZulu means heaven or weather. At that time, the area was occupied by many large Nguni communities and clans (also called the isizwe people or nation, or called isibongo, referring to their clan or family name).

  3. Zulu traditional religion - Wikipedia

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    Zulu traditional religion consists of the beliefs and spiritual practices of the Zulu people of southern Africa. It contains numerous deities commonly associated with animals or general classes of natural phenomena. Unkulunkulu is known to be the Supreme Creator.

  4. The Religious System of the Amazulu - Wikipedia

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    It focuses on ways a Zulu person can be the inyanga, the way a person begins their duty to become a diviner, the tasks of becoming a diviner, the story of the greatest Inyanga and Umwathaleni. When a man is ill, the Zulu people will enquire Umngoma; a more respectful way to call Izinyanga for Amazulu people. The Umngoma will then point out ...

  5. Category:Zulu culture - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Zulu culture" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Battle of Ndondakusuka;

  6. Umkhosi Wokweshwama - Wikipedia

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    The dashing of a calabash by the Zulu King signifies that the people may now enjoy the fruits of the harvest. Umkhosi Wokweshwama [um̩kʰoːsi woɠʷeʃʷaːma] (" first fruits festival"), recently also known as Umkhosi Woselwa [um̩kʰoːsi woseːlʷa] (" calabash festival"), is the annual harvest festival of the Zulu people , observed around ...

  7. Traditional healers of Southern Africa - Wikipedia

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    Five sangomas in KwaZulu-Natal. Traditional healers of Southern Africa are practitioners of traditional African medicine in Southern Africa.They fulfil different social and political roles in the community like divination, healing physical, emotional, and spiritual illnesses, directing birth or death rituals, finding lost cattle, protecting warriors, counteracting witchcraft and narrating the ...

  8. Isidwaba - Wikipedia

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    The Zulu nation is well known for its intricate beadwork, with each colour having a symbolic meaning. [7] The decoration of the beads, designed and patterned in a particular manner, not only expresses certain literal and figurative or poetic meanings, but also shows a fashionable style as a medium of social interaction, status and social ...

  9. Unkulunkulu - Wikipedia

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    Unkulunkulu (/uɲɠulun'ɠulu/), often formatted as uNkulunkulu, [1] is a mythical ancestor, mythical predecessor group, [2] or Supreme Creator in the language of the Zulu, Ndebele and Swati people. Originally a "first ancestor" figure, Unkulunkulu morphed into a creator god figure with the spread of Christianity .