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Young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony

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Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. A young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony at the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. 2 August 1998.

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Title
Young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony
Creator
Marinovich, Greg
Subject
Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description
Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. A young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony at the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. 2 August 1998.
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Date
1998
Type
Format
Image, Documentary photography, Image/jpeg, Black and white photograph ; Photograph, Image/jpeg
Identifier
islandora:7305
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Rights
Copyright held by the photographer, Greg Marinovich. Please contact the Special Collections at the University of Cape Town Libraries for further information about using and/or publishing this photograph. http://www.specialcollections.uct.ac.za/photographs-and-images

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