Five fascinating traditions you can only witness among the Zulu people

Novieku Babatunde Adeola October 14, 2019
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Traditional Marriage Dressing

The Zulu women are known to dress according to their marital status. For an eligible single woman, it is the norm to flaunt her body and breast to indicate her availability. In doing so, they wear skirts made out of grass or beaded cotton strings. This, however, isn’t the case with a married woman. 

A married woman in the Zululand will cover her body as an indication to others that she is unavailable.

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The men are not left out, the traditional attire for men is umqhele (warrior’s headband) amambatha to put over the shoulders, ibheshu (acts as a trouser) around the waist, umcedo (used as underwear) to cover the genitalia, and imbadada for his foot.

Last Edited by:Kent Mensah Updated: October 14, 2019

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