Ibhayi is a traditional attire worn by both genders who are undergoing or who have completed to thwasa. Ukuthwasa is as an intiation activity completed by a person who has a spiritual calling to become a traditional doctor (known as a Sangoma or Inyanga in IsiZulu). This bhayi is my own and it was given it to me by my ancestors through my dreams… I have several more but this one is my favourite and I bought it Downtown in Johannesburg. I am also still undergoing traditional schooling (growing my spirtual gift professionally) with the help of a gobela who is considered the principal of the school. This experience alone does not at all define me but it has certainly become a very beautiful and accepted part of my life.

These are my earphones and WOW I can’t be grateful enough for this invention. Earphones are used as a plug in object to use for audio output on any gadget (computers, phones or mp3 players)… these are my life, I cannot and do not go anywhere without them and from this… one can only imagine how my day is without them in my possession

This is my grandmothers old purse. It is made of springbok fur and she owned it for many years. I unfortunately did not get the chance to meet my grandmother because she passed on before I could meet her but this purse was given to me by my father late last year and it holds a very sentimental value in my heart. I still have not used it to date and I aspire to cherish it forever

This is one that is very interesting please compare similarities and differences

AmaZulu

AbeNdebele

BaTswana

AmaSwazi

AbeXhosa

BaSotho

BaVhenda

MaTsonga

Khoi Khoi (Khoi San)

This week I will be blogging about Bantu as a black South African man with a focus on the culture which exsited in South Africa from the time he was born into a apartheid to the period of democracy in which he lives in

I will do this by representing all facets of South African culture including dance, clubs, clothing, food, accesories, photography, spirituality, decoloniality etc