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Title: Leading a pilgrimage with holy relics
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. Nazareth Baptist Church or Shembe elders lead over 100,000 followers on a three day barefoot pilgrimage while carrying the holy relics. 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.
Identifier: islandora:7258

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