Our Top 14 Looks for Heritage Day 2023
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Our Top 14 Looks for Heritage Day 2023

Heritage Day, observed annually on September 24th in South Africa, is an important holiday that recognizes the country’s rich and diverse cultural history. This day allows South Africans of all backgrounds to celebrate their cultural traditions, languages, and customs.  It is a day that promotes unity and understanding among the different ethnic groups in South…

54 Beautiful Styles to Rock On Heritage Day
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54 Beautiful Styles to Rock On Heritage Day

Heritage Month is celebrated in September of every year in South Africa. It is a month dedicated to celebrating South Africa’s rich and diverse culture and heritage. National Heritage Day is on the 24th of September and has been a public holiday since 1996, to celebrate South Africa’s cultural diversity and communities. This day was…

Sights and Sounds: Phindile Gwala’s Heritage Day Dance
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Sights and Sounds: Phindile Gwala’s Heritage Day Dance

“Imbewu, the Seed” actress, Phidile Gwala was spotted doing the “Indlamu” dance. The Indlamu is a traditional dance performed by the Zulus in South Africa and their Ndebele cousins in Zimbabwe.The popular characteristic of the dance involves the dancers lifting a foot over their head and bringing it down sharply, to the beat of the…

Zambian Wedding and Traditional Ceremony

Zambian Wedding and Traditional Ceremony

Even though Zambia is a country with different tribes and customs, the marriage process is predominantly the same. Initially, in Zambia, just like many other African countries and customs, families usually looked for prospects within their tribe, and rarely went outside their circle to find a partner. At the start of the marriage procedure, there…

Sotho Traditional Wedding Ceremony Procedure

Sotho Traditional Wedding Ceremony Procedure

Just like other African traditional weddings, Lesotho’s isn’t much different as the traditional wedding preparations usually starts with lobola negotiations when the prospective bride and groom’s families sit together to discuss the joining of the two families through marriage. In those days and among very few today, arranged marriages used to be common among Basotho…

Swazi Traditional Wedding Rituals and Ceremony

Swazi Traditional Wedding Rituals and Ceremony

Just like many other African countries, the Swati or Swazi traditional wedding or process isn’t so different. So enjoy the journey as I take you into the heart of the Swati traditional wedding process or custom. Enjoy! In Eswatini or Swaziland, the traditional wedding ceremony is called “Umtsimba”. The ceremony is a celebration that includes…

Lobola Negotiations 101: What You Should Know

Lobola Negotiations 101: What You Should Know

Lobola is a word commonly used by Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Swati that means “brideprice” or bridewealth”. Lobola negotiations involve a process of presentation of a payment made by the prospective groom to the bride’s family. Here is a collection of information on clipkulture to help you prepare for your lobola negotiations: Q and A about…