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Title: Resting pilgrim, Vimbeni Shembe
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Nhlangakazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Vimbeni Shembe rests on his 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, 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:7372

Title: Pilgrimage to the holy mountain
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:7259

Title: Footprints mark the start of the annual pilgrimage to the holy mountain
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. Footprints near the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe mark the start of the annual pilgrimage to the holy mountain. 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:7366

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:7170

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:7350

Title: Mass marriage ceremony
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. 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:7346

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:7289

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:7360

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:7176

Title: Filling out membership cards for Klip River baptism
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Members of the Gauteng branch of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe, have membership cards filled in before traveling from the church headquarters at Zuurbekom to the Klip River 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:7420

Title: Travelling to the Klip River for baptism
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Members of the Gauteng branch of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe, travel from the church headquarters to the Klip River 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:7312

Title: Church leader, Vimbeni Shembe, on a holy pilgrimage
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: KwaZulu-Natal. Church leader Vimbeni Shembe on the pilgrimage to the top of the flat-topped mountain Nhlangakazi after over a 100,000 pilgrims of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe, walked for three days, barefoot, 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:7403

Title: Preparing for a ceremony at Mautse Mountain
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: A church leader and healer prays and prepares for a religious ceremony performed 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:7186

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