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Mass baptism

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Members of the Gauteng branch of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe, come to the Klip River in Soweto for baptism. 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.

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Mass baptism
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Marinovich, Greg
Subject
Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description
Members of the Gauteng branch of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe, come to the Klip River in Soweto for baptism. 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.
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University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Image, Documentary photography, Image/jpeg, Black and white photograph ; Photograph, Image/jpeg
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islandora:7400
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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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