Holy pilgrimage

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Title: Holy pilgrimage
Creator: Marinovich, Greg
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: KwaZulu-Natal. Church members led by elders carrying the objects that belonged to the founder and the Ark of the Covenant, make their way towards the holy mountain followed by 100,000 pilgrims who made a three day barefoot walk from 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.
Publisher: University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Format: Image, Documentary photography, Image/jpeg, Black and white photograph ; Photograph, Image/jpeg
Identifier: islandora:7339
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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