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  2. Umxhentso - Wikipedia

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    The name of these traditional garments is umbhaco, while their cousins, the Zulus, wear animal hide (men) and colourful clothing and beads (women). They usually paint themselves prior to performing. Umxhentso is mostly performed in the Transkei homeland in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa where the tradition is still valued.

  3. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

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    Shweshwe is traditionally used to make dresses, skirts, aprons and wraparound clothing. Shweshwe clothing is traditionally worn by newly married Xhosa women, known as makoti, and married Sotho women. [9] [10] [14] [15] Xhosa women have also incorporated the fabric into their traditional ochre-coloured blanket clothing.

  4. Intonjane - Wikipedia

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    Women are clad in bright-coloured clothing and beads during this event. In the morning after the last day of the party, the initiate goes to the river to wash the white ochre and it is replaced by the yellow one referred to as umdike. The initiate and her assistants wear new clothes upon their return from the river.

  5. Clothing in Africa - Wikipedia

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    In East Africa, the kanzu is the traditional dress worn by Swahili-speaking men. Women wear the kanga and the gomesi. In Southern Africa, distinctive shirts are worn, like the long dresses they wear. For instance, the Republic of South Africa is known for the Madiba shirt, whereas Zimbabwe is known for the safari shirt.

  6. Xhosa people - Wikipedia

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    Other clothing includes beadwork and printed fabrics. Although in general, Xhosa lifestyle has been adapted to Western traditions, the Xhosa people still wear traditional attire for special cultural activities. The various tribes have their own variations of traditional dress which includes the colour of their garments and beadwork.

  7. Inqawe - Wikipedia

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    The most commonly used tobacco amongst Xhosa people comes from the wild tobacco plant known as Nicotiana glauca. The tobacco is placed in tobacco bags or ‘inxili’ that are worn as a necklace. These bags are part of traditional Xhosa daily dress. Women's bags are made of cotton sheeting decorated with beadwork and braid and a few wool tassels.

  8. Sotho people - Wikipedia

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    On special occasions like wedding celebrations, they wear the seshweshwe, a traditional Basotho dress. The local traditional dresses are made using colored cloth and ribbon accents bordering each layer. Sotho women often purchase this material and have it designed in a style similar to West and East African dresses. Women often wrap a long ...

  9. Nofinishi Dywili - Wikipedia

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    Xhosa women in traditional Xhosa attire performing. Traditional Xhosa songs are in a call-and-response form. The song leader leads the song by singing the "call", and the rest of the people respond to the call in song. The song leader also chooses the songs to be sung, and helps structure and organise the different traditional ceremonies.

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