Culture/Amasiko

Ukubaluleka kwamaholidi

Angabe asho ukuthini amaholidi kubantu esikhathini samanje? Phambilini isasasa nokugunjwa kwamaholidi eNingizimu Afrika bekusho lukhulu kepha izinto azisafani. Kulesi siqheshana sibheka kafushane indlela izinto sezishitshe ngayo kanye nokubaluleka kwamaholidi esikhathini samanje. Ukugujwa kwamaholidi nesasasa lawo alisafani nakudala. Amaholidi anjenge Freedom Day, Worker’s Day, Youth Day ne Heritage Day ukubala ambalwa sikhule ebungazwa ngesasasa eliphezulu emphakathini … Read more

Abantu baseMathuli 1770-1820

I-KZN, uMngeni kuya eMkhomazi kwake kwahlala umndeni wamaThuli. Cishe ngo-1770 abantu baseMathuli babaleka basuka enyakatho bayohlala ezweni eliphakathi koMfula uMngeni noMkomazi. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaShaka, induna uTusika Myeba, waqoshwa njengomuntu owayehlala endlini ebizwa ngokuthi iGwabalanda, endaweni eseyaziwa ngePinetown manje. Phakathi kuka-1818-1820 kwaqubuka ingxabano noShaka mayelana nenkomo elahlekile abantu bakwaLuthuli ababeyigadile. Ngokuziphindiselela uShaka wathumela impi yakhe eningizimu … Read more

Umkhosi wamaHindu weHoli eThekwini

IHoli umkhosi wamaHindu noma umgubho ohlanganisa inhlanganisela yemibala kanye nokuzijabulisa futhi waziwa nangokuthi umkhosi wemibala, ugujwa minyaka yonke eThekwini. Yisikhathi lapho abesilisa nabesifazane, abasha nabadala behlangana, bapendane ngobunono futhi bejabule. Umkhosi weHoli ugujwa ngoMashi ngosuku olulandela inyanga ephelele (full moon) futhi ugujwa izinsuku ezimbili. EThekwini, iHoli igujwa usuku olulodwa futhi ngokuvamile kuba iSonto. Umgubho weHoli … Read more

Amasiko Omndeni kwaZulu

KumaZulu, inkolelo ngabaphansi (amadlozi or abaphansi) ibilokhu iqinile njalo. Kunemimoya yabangasekho. AmaZulu ayakubona ukuba khona komuntu ophakeme kunabo bonke. UMvelinqangi (One Who Came First) or uNkulunkulu (Very Big One) nguNkulunkulu ngoba uvele kuqala. Lomuntu ophakeme ukude kakhulu nezimpilo zabantu futhi akakaze abonwe yinoma ngubani. Ngakho-ke ayikho imikhosi eyake yenziwa eMvelinqangi. Abantu abangamaZulu bakholelwa ekutheni imimoya … Read more

Ubuhle bemvunulo

Lenyuke kakhulu izinga kubathungi benqephu yesintu noma imvunulo uma uyiqhathanisa nesikhathi sama-90s nokuqala kwama 2000s. Kule sisiqeshana sibheka izinga ekuthungeni kwemvunulo yesintu yabesifazane. Abathungi benqephu nemvunulo bashaya ngelicokeme esikhathini samanje. Uma usemncibhini wesintu kungaba umshado, umembeso, umhlonyane noma umemulo ufike ubona kahle izinga lobuhle imvunulo esebeyithunga ngakhona. Imvunulo yesintu yinhle ngokuhlalu noma ngabe ubufake kuphi … Read more

Orisho baseThekwini: Durban Rickshaws

Amadoda orisho baseThekwini yinto ejwayelekile eGolden Mile, egqoke ezimibalabala zobuhlalu noma ezithungiwe ngesandla nezimpondo emakhanda. Baphinde babe ngabantu abanamandla nabaqinile. Bavuka ngo-5:00 ekuseni izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngeviki futhi basebenza kuze kube ngu-17:00 ntambama, bethutha izivakashi, izingane kanye nezindawo ezithile ngezikhathi zabo ezinqoleni zabo ezihlotshiswe ngamehlo, ezinamandla. Kuyacaca ukuthi bayaziqhenya kakhulu ngomsebenzi wabo. Futhi abasilo uhlobo olukhonondayo, … Read more