Lady In Xitsonga Traditional Xibelani Skirt With White Sneakers
Beautiful Tsonga traditional clothing: Xibelani skirt, blue sash and headwrap and beaded belt.

Beautiful Tsonga traditional clothing: Xibelani skirt, blue sash and headwrap and beaded belt.

Makoti in modern Tsonga traditional outfit.

South African ladies representing culture in their Tsonga traditional attire and accessories.

Bride in strapless Tsonga Mermaid wedding dress. Groom in Tsonga shirt.

Nice white Xitsonga outfits with yellow, blue and red detail.

Tsonga bride and her bridesmaids in beautiful traditional wedding dresses.

Xibelani are multi coloured knee length pleated skirts mostly worn by Tsonga women. The skirt is made with about 18 metres of a fabric called salempore. Nowadays the skirts are sold in downtown Johannesburg and allows the wearer to have a round shape along the waist.

1. The Tsonga people are a tribe that have their origins in East Africa. They migrated down south to Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. 2. In the 19th century, during the reign of King Shaka Zulu, Soshangane was sent by the king to conquer Southern Mozambique. Against Shaka’s instructions, Soshangane captured the region which consisted…