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The rituals involve slaughtering a cow and the traditional Zulu dance Ukusina involving a spear and guests gifting the young female with money and other blessings. [2] A woman's Umemulo ceremony signifies that she is now ready for marriage. [3] The girl is supposed to stay 7 Days in the Rondovel with her friends and practice songs for the ceremony.
The Zulu calendar is divided into two seasons, the summer iHlobo and Winter ubuSika. [2] The lunar seasonal calendar has 13 months [3] that do not correspond to the months of the Gregorian calendar. [4] Twelve of the lunar months (inyanga) of the Zulu calendar have around 28 days.
Derived from Zulu, the name is said to mean place of the round knoll. [2] Umbumbulu is a rural area, bordered by Madundube on the north-east, and the farming community of Mid-Illovo on the south. In the 1970s and 1980s it was a scene of a local conflict, which saw hundreds murdered, and thousands dislocated.
Currently it is used by diviners or for ceremonial and symbolic purposes, [1] and many are produced for the tourist market. [2] A cow-hide shield is known as isihlangu, ihawu or ingubha in Zulu, [3] and ikhaka or ikhawu in Xhosa. Strictly speaking these native names denote shields of different application, and additional types are known by ...
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Ukusina dance is a fundamental component of the social, religious, and cultural life of the Zulu people, [5] as evidenced by the descriptions of traditional dances in South Africa. [2] Everyone in attendance is drawn into a coherent action atmosphere by the intimate relationship between body movement and music.