African Spirituality and Culture

Relatives of the groom welcome the bride

Religious items for sale

Removing wet clothes after Klip River baptism

Resting pilgrim, Vimbeni Shembe

Resting pilgrim, Vimbeni Shembe

Sceptic members of the Shembe Church listen to testimony from a man claiming to have been healed

Setting up food stalls

Sewn money decoration

Shembe men dancing

Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding

Signing up for Klip River baptism

Storage in a cave on Mautse Mountain

Stubborn bride at a Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding

Stubborn bride at a Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding

Stubborn bride at a Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding

Stubborn bride at a Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding

Traditional Venda dance

Traditional Zulu part of a wedding in the Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding

Traditional Zulu part of a wedding in the Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding

Travelling to Klip River for baptism

Travelling to Klip River for baptism

Travelling to Klip River for baptism

Travelling to Klip River for baptism

Travelling to Klip River for baptism

Travelling to Klip River for baptism?

Travelling to the Klip River for baptism

Travelling to the Klip River for baptism

Travelling to the Klip River for baptism

Travelling to the Klip River for baptism

Travelling to the Klip River for baptism

Unmarried girls at Ekuphakameni

Unmarried girls at Ekuphakameni

Unmarried girls at Ekuphakameni

Unmarried girls at Ekuphakameni

Unmarried girls at Ekuphakameni

Unmarried women at a ceremony

Villagers gathering to welcome initiates back to the community

Villagers gathering to welcome initiates back to the community

Vimbeni Shembe

Waiting to travel to Klip River for baptism