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Title: Pilgrimage to the holy mountain Nhlangakazi
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. Vangeli or evangelists from the church leadership lead a 100,000 pilgrims leave the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. 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.
Identifier: islandora:7317

Title: Placing flowers on the graves of the church forebears
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. Young members of the AmaNazaretha or Nazareth Baptist Church place flowers on the graves of the church forebears at a cemetery near their headquarters. 26 July 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7344

Title: Funeral ceremony
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. Church members hold a funeral ceremony at a cemetery near 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. 26 July 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7281

Title: Cleansing ceremony prior to a wedding
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: A cleansing ceremony prior to a wedding in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The Nazareth Baptist Church, or 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. 1999
Identifier: islandora:7393

Title: Young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony
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.
Identifier: islandora:7308

Title: Storage in a cave on Mautse Mountain
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: A mud shelf, or 'rakke' in a cave alongside a stream at Mautse Mountain in the Free State province of South Africa. The mountain is seen as extremely holy or spiritual to people who follow either traditional African animist religions, or the syncretic Zioni religions that combine Christian and animist faiths.
Identifier: islandora:7177

Title: Mass baptism
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.
Identifier: islandora:7400

Title: Bride arrives for the traditional part of her wedding
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Nompumelelo Mkhwanazi arrives for the traditional part of her wedding in the Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding at the homestead of the groom. 1999.
Identifier: islandora:7327

Title: Grave marker
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. Church members hold a funeral ceremony at a cemetery near 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. 26 July 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7286

Title: Mass baptism
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. A mass baptism near 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.
Identifier: islandora:7299

Title: Young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony
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.
Identifier: islandora:7305

Title: Unmarried girls at Ekuphakameni
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Virgins or unmarried girls at Ekupakameni, 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.
Identifier: islandora:7269

Title: Annual ceremony near Ekupakameni
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: An annual ceremony near Ekupakameni, 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.
Identifier: islandora:7361

Title: Pilgrims climbing the holy mountain
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Enhlanagazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Pilgrims make their way to the top of the holy mountain of his great grandfather after 100,000 pilgrims 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.
Identifier: islandora:7274

Title: Funeral ceremony
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. Church members hold a funeral ceremony at a cemetery near 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. 26 July 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7290

Title: New members of the Nazareth Baptist Church await mass baptism at the Klip River
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: New members of the Nazareth Baptist Church await mass baptism at the Klip River. 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. 29 March 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7352

Title: Ceremony at Mautse Mountain
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: A religious ceremony is performed in a stream at Mautse Mountain in the Free State province of South Africa. The mountain is seen as extremely holy or spiritual to people who follow either traditional African animist religions, or the syncretic Zioni religions that combine Christian and animist faiths.
Identifier: islandora:7182

Title: 'White wedding' at a Christian Baptist church
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Nompumelelo Mkhwanazi and Mthokozisi Mthembu's 'white wedding' at a Christian Baptist church which precedes a traditional Zulu wedding in the Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding at the homestead of the groom. 1999.
Identifier: islandora:7297

Title: Pilgrimage to to the holy mountain Nhlangakazi
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. Vangeli or evangelists from the church leadership lead 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.
Identifier: islandora:7324

Title: Funeral ceremony
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. Church members hold a funeral ceremony at a cemetery near 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. 26 July 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7287

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