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Title
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Pilgrimage to the holy mountain
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Subject
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Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
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Description
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Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. A 100,000 pilgrims leave the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe, on a three day barefoot march to the holy mountain Nhlangakazi. 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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islandora:7259