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  2. Zulu people - Wikipedia

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    The Zulu people celebrate an annual event that was established in 1984 called the Umhlanga or Reed Dance. This event takes place at the royal capital near Nongoma . [9] This traditional ceremony is performed by young women from all parts of the kingdom to perform in front of the monarch and his guests. [9]

  3. Ukusina - Wikipedia

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    Ukusina. Ukusina is a type of traditional dance that has its roots in South Africa 's coastal region. [1] For the Zulu people, it is an expressive and rhythmic dance form with deep cultural importance. The Ukusina [2] requires dancers to kick their legs in any direction up and out, and then stamp each foot into the ground.

  4. Indlamu (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Indlamu ( Zulu pronunciation: [ind͡ɮaːmu], Afrikaans: Zoeloedans) is a traditional Zulu dance from Southern Africa, synonymous with the Zulu tribe of South Africa and the Northern Ndebele tribe of Western Zimbabwe. The dance is characterised by the dancer lifting one foot over his/her head and bringing it down sharply, landing squarely on ...

  5. Zulu music - Wikipedia

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    The Zulu people are a South African ethnic group. Many Zulu musicians have become a major part of South African music, creating a huge influence in the music industry. A number of Zulu-folk derived styles have become well known across South Africa and abroad. Zulu music has dominated many genres in South Africa, especially house music, folk ...

  6. Umhlanga (ceremony) - Wikipedia

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    Umhlanga [um̩ɬaːŋɡa], or Reed Dance ceremony, is an annual Swazi event that takes place at the end of August or at the beginning of September. [1] In Eswatini, tens of thousands of unmarried and childless Swazi girls and women travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to participate in the eight-day event. [2]

  7. Zulu traditional religion - Wikipedia

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    Zulu traditional religion consists of the beliefs and spiritual practices of the Zulu people of southern Africa. It contains numerous deities commonly associated with animals or general classes of natural phenomena. Unkulunkulu is known to be the Supreme Creator .

  8. Isicathamiya - Wikipedia

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    Isicathamiya ( Zulu pronunciation: [isikǀatʰamija], where the c represents a tenuis dental click) is a singing style that originated from the Zulu people, a South African ethnic group. In European understanding, a cappella is also used to describe this form of singing. The word itself does not have a literal translation; it is derived from ...

  9. Zulu language - Wikipedia

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    Zulu ( / ˈzuːluː / ZOO-loo ), or isiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken and indigenous to Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 13.56 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. [1]