Male circumcision (ukusoka) is a phase that a boy has to go through before he is declared as a man. This practice has been very popular amongst the Xhosa culture and it has also created a lot of mixed feelings amongst South Africans and that is because some boys have lost their lives during this practice. … Read more
Umhlonyane is a traditional ceremony done by the Zulu people for girls when the girl reaches the womanhood stage, (depending on what age they reach it). The head (normally a father) of the family slaughters a goat for this ceremony. A week before the ceremony, the girl is kept in a separate room away from … Read more
Umemulo usiko olwenzelwa intombazane uma iziphathe kahle ebuntombini bayo yangabaphoxa abazali bayo. Isikhathi esiningi lolusiko lwenziwa uma intombazane iziphathe kahle yaze yafika eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nanye – 21, ikakhulukazi lwenziwa amaZulu. Lapha sibheka ukuthi uyini umemulo ngokubheka ukuthi ubani noma intombazane enjani eyenzelwa umemulo; ukuthi umemulo kungabe uyisiko yini futhi umzali ubona kanjani ukuthi eyiphi ingane … Read more
Contents 1 Umemulo 2 Ukuqala komemulo 3 Ingewu 4 Ukugonqa 5 Ukulandwa komkhonto 6 Ukuhlatshwa kwenkomo 7 Ngosuku lwecece Umemulo Umemulo usiko olwenzelwa intombazane uma iziphathe kahle ebuntombini bayo lapho isuke ibongwa abazali bayo ukuthi iziphathe kahle yangahlupha. Uma-ke intombazane ikhuliswa kunemigudu elandelwayo. Kanti-ke kuyenzeka enye intombazane ithi ifika esigabeni sokumuliswa ibe seyiganile. Ukuqala komemulo … Read more
The transition from childhood to adulthood in any culture is a reason to celebrate, although different cultures may do so in ways they deem fit according to their beliefs and value systems. The cultural beliefs and practices of our society are what makes us unique and what give us an identity. The starting of a … Read more
Izilinga ukuphuma noma ukuhlosa kwamabele okuqala entombazaneni. Ukuphuma kwamabele okokuqala entombazaneni, ingakathombi kwaZulu kuyinto engamukelekile abntu abadala babeyithatha njengomhlola. Nakuba kunenkolelo yokuthi uma lokhu sekwenzekile enganeni ubudala sebusondele. Ubudala babuhlonishwa futhi busatshwa ngenxa yobunzima nezobopho eziza nobudala. Ngokuka Mrs Shange uma kwenzekile enganeni yentombazane ukuthi iphume amabele ingakathombi isalukazi noma umama osemdala wayephebeza noma abhule noma … Read more