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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:7169

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: 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: Holy pilgrimage
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Nhlangakazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Church leaders and Vangeli or evangelists carry the 'Ark of the Covenant' and objects that belonged to the founder and lead 100,000 pilgrims start 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:7385

Title: Holy pilgrimage
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Nhlangakazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Vimbeni Shembe arrives at 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. 17 August 1997.
Identifier: islandora:7365

Title: Pilgrimage to the holy mountain of Nhlangakazi
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: KwaZulu-Natal. Church members start the journey to the top of the holy mountain Nhlangakazi. 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:7379

Title: Removing wet clothes after 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, from the church inland headquarters at Zuurbekom 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:7415

Title: Married women praying
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. Married women pray 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.
Identifier: islandora:7275

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: 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: 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: 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:7347

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