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MAMMA ZULU siZONKE IMALI HEADBAND
A Mamma Zulu is either your biological mother but in the role of Mamma Zulu, she is your teacher. Zulu women keep their children indoors and only allow their children outside, under the supervision of their mother or eldest sister or retired Inkhathi grandfather.
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First thing in the morning (or in the afternoon, in the days of Inkhatha warriors and the dusk-to-dawn spenza (running or/and training) that was really a lion patrol, as the lions had become overpopulated and were jumping kazi walls and pawing away at the mud-and-grass kraal (or homestead) until a hole, big enough to jump through, had been made.
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Many people, lost their lives, IN KAZI, IN THEIR KRAAL, to lion attacks and so, the problem had gotten out of hand.Spenza or patrol at night (when lions hunt) was the solution.
These lion attacks were also how Umkhonto weSizwe was formed. As a formation of long spear throwers and marksmen, they spenzad alongside training, spenzaring weSizwe (or Initiates, who were still warriors in training) protecting them and spearing lions that knocked over a running (in the spenza line) Sizwe and tried to drag him away into the bush. The lions would drag live prey to their associates and together, they would eat you. Alive.
In kazi (or village) when the men left kazi with weapons - in lion-free times, for a xlash on Shona Panzi; the battle grounds - at night, to go patrol, the children were allowed to keep watch for their fathers and brothers until they returned. This was facilitated by NuuGuu (in this role, as the storyteller) at his or her kahgle or big fireplace or pit. There, NuuGuu would tell wide-eyed children and their accompanying mothers stories of the past like how the giraffe got his carved out toenails: of course NuuGuu had needed to boil a concoction of glue to press skins against wooden shields and had found that donkey hoof cuttings were not strong enough. NuuGuu's fireside friend, the Mchocho or wild dog had informed NuuGuu of the giraffe hoof's usefulness. And so on and so on.
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When one was born, it was normally a NuuGuu or a midwife, who would cut the umbilical cord only after the placenta had been birthed and only after the umbilical cord stopped throbbing. This last bit of blood, oxygen and vitamins and minerals is very healthy and often people cut the umbilical cord too fast. By waiting for the placenta, the umbical cord can be cut long - to be wrapped around the waist of the infant and wrapped around itself to secure. This is called Nkulu Mthondo.
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Whilst, today, Mthondo means penis, in those days it meant crocodile and was actually a celebration of our Mcholo or Majola clan's crocodile training that had protected many of our people from hostile forces.
Nkulu Mthondo is also the awareness and Rite of Passage, to activate Buvati, or the alighting (kidnapping) of one, seen by the Ancestors (Siko) as the result of Nkulu Mthondo, at the moment of death by Mchwechwes (a birth pack of Mchochos), the Makhosi, baboetie or baboza (the baboon) or a variety of animals have been reported to take a Zonke or even an Inkhathi, or King, to indlela.
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So, if you love your baby, Nkulu Mthondo him or her.
When this dried umbilical cord falls off, the 'rotang' or circular remains are usually wrapped with dryish cow intestines, twine or today, thread would do. That, the mother will wrap with either material, put it inside a kind of piping like a hosepipe, just smaller, and then put the nkandla design or colours. Each Imali headband is different and in the case of a mother who has gone-to-herd-her-father's-Nguni - a polite way of saying someone passed away, the eldest sister, grandmother or NuuGuu can make the Imali headband.
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Although that means they are responsible for the child's teaching and instructing and defending the child to any dangers, complaining adults re: the child's actions and to the Council of Elders or Inyambezi.
This is why it is important that, even if a child goes beyond the nkandla's kraal, that he or she wears their Imali headband. This is because, even the animals of Nkulukulu know to leave a child alone that wears an Imali headband, ie. crocodiles at the river, lone stray wild animals etc. Also, passing elders or other mothers will not criticize you directly. They will note your Imali headband and go to your mother's kraal and take two shells and knock them against one another - the equivalent of a door knocker or doorbell.
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Upon hearing that sound, some mothers start counting their children, nervously.
The fact is, before becoming a man and before marrying, only your mother, who made you an Imali headband, can defend you to warriors, strangers, Kings, Elder Councils etc. Before you leave home or go for Initiation, she can still say she is still instructing you.
However, after marrying or becoming a man, whilst you will always have the right to defend them, in a Council or informal argument, they will speak badly of you, as a Mamma Zulu, for not instructing your child better. The Mamma Zulu's reputation can be ruined by a misbehaving adult child.
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The tobelas or umqobothi brewers will laugh and gossip about you and NkosigaNkosi's wife will ignore you or fault-find you, upon every meeting.
So, the Imali headband, is made a Umqhele (a headband of lion skin worn by an Inkhathi or warrior) made with the original Nkulu Mthondo, that became the Mamma Zulu Imali headband.
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If one becomes a king, the injeli is also made with the Mamma Zulu Imali headband, except this one is covered with Lumsindo (or leopard) hair.
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Some tribes use flat beadwork for these headbands but for Sikosa, protection and the defense from your mother, always, I would recommend the Django Bunny way of Roots and Culture, the Nkulu Mthondo.
#Nkulu Mthondo#Umqhele#Injeli#Inkhathi#Umbilical cord#Birth#Roots and Culture#African traditions#youtube#Imali headband#Mamma Zulu#Zulu childhood in kazi#Mountain lions#Spenza#Nuuguu
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five people you want to get to know better?
❛ uhh, i don’t know. maybe one of the zulus i don’t know any of their names, i haven’t had the time to mix with them yet. ilona, is that weird now that she and vivi aren’t together ? am i breaking code ? alphonse, since you brought it up. i don’t really have a choice on that, mamma looked like she’d eat me otherwise the other day. but all that aside, i do want to. i’m just not going to force it. olimpia because irena says good things about literally only her out of her cousins so far, and i don’t know her at all aside from the fact she was with olivier for awhile and we went to her wedding. who else, who else … oh ! gold dress girl. the one at the christmas party. ❜
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La leggenda Zulu sul ghepardo
In un tempo molto lontano, un cacciatore pigro e fannullone, rubò una cucciolata di ghepardi, nati da poco,per poterli utilizzare per andare a caccia, senza fare lui fatica. Si poteva addestrarli facilmente a questo.Ma la Mamma ghepardo, disperata per aver perso i suoi bambini, pianse talmente forte notte e giorno, che alla fine fù udita da un membro della tribù Zulu del cacciatore fannullone.Mamma ghepardo raccontò allo Zulu, che la vide così disperata, cosa gli era accaduto e lo Zulu and�� subito a riferire al capo tribù l’ingiustizia perpetrata ai danni della Mamma ghepardo.
Il capo tribu degli Zulu, immediatamente cacciò via dal villaggio il cacciatore pigro ed imbroglione, che invece di impiegare la sua forza e abilità per andare a caccia, aveva portato tanto dolore e mancanza di rispetto alla natura.I cuccioli furono subito restituiti a Mamma ghepardo, ma le tante lacrime che lei aveva versato per i suoi piccoli, avevano segnato ormai indelebilmente il suo viso e così anche quello delle future generazioni di ghepardi… perché l’uomo cercasse di non dimenticare il dolore causato!
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– Duma (film 2005)
#frasi film#leggende#dolore#mancanza#tristezza#lacrime#famiglia#natura#persone di merda#imbroglio#inganno#giustizia#lasciare segni#non dimenticare
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no love for ned on wlur – july 22nd, 2020 from 4-6pm
artist // track // album // label torres // too big for the glory hole // too big for the glory hole digital single // merge maita // coming up roses // coming up roses digital single // kill rock stars paint // tongue tied // spiritual vegas // mexican summer * zz ramirez and carrie keith // word back home // wayward love down a long dead road // wharf cat nick lowe // don't be nice to me // lay it on me ep // yep roc records clarence carter // your love lifted me // patches // atlantic the maxines // sweet nothing // burn it down cassette // girlsville haim // the steps // women in music pt. iii // columbia the beths // mars, the god of war // jump rope gazers // carpark * prince // i could never take the place of your man (1979 version) // sign o' the times (super deluxe) // warner terrorways // she's a mod // ak79 (expanded) compilation // flying nun rvg // little sharkie and the white pointer sisters // feral // fire margo price // gone to stay // that's how rumors get started // loma vista * screaming females // bad men // chalk tape cassette // don giovanni joanna sternberg // oh how self involved // songs for bail- a quarantine compilation // babe city alias ensemble // streets of derry // a splendour of heart // you've changed willie lane and wednesday knudsen // long time 'til tomorrow // long time 'til tomorrow // feeding tube loopsel // det som blir // loopsel 7" ep // mammas mysteriska jukebox gia margaret // apathy // mia gargaret // orindal ndabo zulu and umgidi ensemble featuring nduduzo makhathini and zöe modiga // ucu olum'nyama // queen nandi: the african symphony // mageba music john edwards and caroline kraabel // gloves off // day night // takuroku peter brötzmann, jay oliver and willi kellers featuring manfred schoof // in a state of undress // in a state of undress // fmp hupata! // urban heat island // microclimates cassette // astral spirits enchantment // if you're ready (here it comes) // once upon a dream // united artists berry blacc featuring angel bat dawid // george floyd // george floyd - single // rhythm lab blu and exile featuring jacinto rhines // the feeling // miles // fat beats starchild and the new romantic featuring nick hakim and le'asha // cool disco dan // forever // new romantic world * men i trust // all night (garage session) // forever live sessions // return to analog a.r. pinewood // i'm okay // no life // lost map traffic island sound // only if u want 2 // maximal electronics // under heat ali koehler // hackensack // saving for a custom van- a tribute to adam schlesinger // father/daughter * cool sounds // vice // vice digital single // hotel motel
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Leggenda del ghepardo...
In un tempo molto lontano, un cacciatore pigro e fannullone, rubò una cucciolata di ghepardi, nati da poco, per poterli utilizzare per andare a caccia, senza fare lui fatica. Si poteva addestrarli facilmente a questo. Ma la Mamma ghepardo, disperata per aver perso i suoi bambini, pianse talmente forte notte e giorno, che alla fine fù udita da un membro della tribù Zulu del cacciatore fannullone.
Mamma ghepardo raccontò allo Zulu, che la vide così disperata, cosa gli era accaduto e lo Zulu andò subito a riferire al capo tribù l’ingiustizia perpetrata ai danni della Mamma ghepardo.
Il capo tribu degli Zulu, immediatamente cacciò via dal villaggio il cacciatore pigro ed imbroglione, che invece di impiegare la sua forza e abilità per andare a caccia, aveva portato tanto dolore e mancanza di rispetto alla natura.
I cuccioli furono subito restituiti a Mamma ghepardo, ma le tante lacrime che lei aveva versato per i suoi piccoli, avevano segnato ormai indelebilmente il suo viso e così anche quello delle future generazioni di ghepardi…perchè l’uomo cercasse di non dimenticare il dolore causato...
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Sindiso Khumalo Autunno/inverno 2018-19
“La collezione Autunno/Inverno 2018-19 accorpa due concetti: uno stile vittoriano africano e il collezionismo di piante,” racconta Sindiso Khumalo, una delle protagoniste di Who is on Next? Dubai 2015. “È il risultato di una visita a Kew Gardens, un meraviglioso giardino d’inverno di Londra. Per generazioni, gli ornamenti africani sono stati collezionati nel tempo, lo stesso vale per le piante. Volevo documentare le piante africane che si trovano, come presenze quasi aliene, all’interno di questo giardino d’inverno in terra britannica. Le piante che ho visto crescere in maniera incontrollata nel giardino di mia mamma sembrano ora quasi sospese in un ambiente artificiale. C’è qualcosa di molto interessante in questa idea di una collezione che abbina immaginario africano e la vita delle piante. Le forme sono ispirate ai ritratti di donne vittoriane nere e rendono omaggio alla fotografia di donne nere dell’inizio del XX secolo. Uno degli abiti si chiama “Miss Celie” in tributo ad uno dei personaggi del mio libro preferito “Il colore viola” di Alice Walker. Ritengo che spesso le donne vengano tagliate fuori dalla storia dei primi anni del XX secolo e con questa collezione volevo riportarle in luce e rendere loro omaggio.”
Sindiso Khumalo, una delle stiliste che ha presentato il proprio marchio durante la Settimana della Moda di Milano
partecipando all’iniziativa The Fashion Hub Market, ci parla dei materiali selezionati per la collezione: “Ho l’ossessione per i materiali e ogni collezione è una celebrazione dell’artigianalità. Ho stampato tutte le stampe a mano mentre i capi intessuti a mano sono realizzati in Burkina Faso grazie ad una collaborazione con l’Iniziativa per la Moda Etica delle Nazioni Unite. Ho inoltre utilizzato una tipologia di seta ottenuta in maniera etica senza arrecare danno agli animali. I materiali sono importanti così come è per me importante creare una collezione sostenibile che sia bella e rilevante allo stesso tempo. È una celebrazione dei ‘vecchi’ mestieri come la tessitura a mano e l’acquerello realizzato in maniera innovativa.”
“Far parte del Fashion Hub a Milano è stata un’esperienza favolosa – commenta la stilista – la Settimana della Moda di Milano è un evento globale e sono stata fortunata da incontrare boutique, giornalisti e fornitori da tutto il mondo. Ho inoltre avuto la possibilità di incontrare molti colleghi e stilisti come me con cui ho condiviso informazioni ed
esperienze. Abbiamo persino iniziato a programmare delle collaborazioni con alcuni marchi. Ma la cosa più importante è stato il fantastico supporto ricevuto dalla Camera Nazionale della Moda che mi è stata davvero di grande aiuto. L’Italia è un po’ come la casa in cui non ho mai vissuto. Credo che il popolo Zulu e gli italiano abbiano aspetti culturali comuni e in Italia ho incontrato un’atmosfera molto spontanea e congeniale in cui presentare il mio lavoro. L’industria della moda italiana valorizza e pone particolare attenzione ai tessuti, all’arte e l’artigianalità e ho sentito che il mio lavoro viene compreso qui proprio in virtù di questo apprezzamento che entrambi condividiamo: il modo in cui la cultura si traduce in tessuti e mestieri.”
L'articolo Sindiso Khumalo Autunno/inverno 2018-19 sembra essere il primo su Vogue.it.
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4 drinks on the go because I'm a bad arse mamma! About last night. Loved seeing my work homies! Christmas work do!! @sp.tless @shakazulucamden #christmasdo #christmasworkparty #drinkdrinkdrink #4onthego #matleavechristmas #ux #servicedesign #missedmybabyboy (at Shaka Zulu London)
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‘Your mum’ in different languages
Now you may roast people across the globe. Include finger guns for maximum effect.
English- your mum
Afrikaans- jou ma
Arabic- والدتك (’walidatik’)
Bengali- তোমার মা (‘Tōmāra mā‘)
Catalan- la teva mare
Dutch- jouw moeder
Filipino- ang iyong ina
French- votre maman
German- deine Mutter
Greek- η μαμά σου (’i mamá sou’)
Hindi- तुम्हारी माँ (’tumhaaree maan‘)
Indonesian- ibumu
Italian- tua mamma
Japanese- あなたのお母さん (’anata no okāsan‘)
Korean- 너의 엄마 (’neoui eomma’)
Malay- ibu awak
Mandarin- 你妈妈 (’ni mama’)
Nepali- तपाईको आमा (’Tapā'īkō āmā’)
Polish- Twoja mama
Portuguese- sua mãe
Punjabi- ਤੇਰੀ ਮਾਂ (’Tērī māṁ’)
Russian- твоя мама (’tvoya mama’)
Spanish- tu mamá
Swahili- mama yako
Swedish- din mamma
Tamil- உன் தாய் (’Uṉ tāy‘)
Thai- แม่ของคุณ (’Mæ̀ k̄hxng khuṇ‘)
Turkish- senin annen
Vietnamese- mẹ của bạn
Zulu- umama wakho
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