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Title: Shembe pilgrims, South Africa, 1997
Subject: Zulu (African people)--Religion, Church of the Nazarites, Rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--South Africa--Kwa-Zulu Natal, Best of Marinovich
Description: 100,000 pilgrims start a three-day long, barefoot walk from the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church (or Shembe Church). Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after he had a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal, 1997.
Identifier: islandora:1215

Title: Shembe men dancing
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Shembe men dance as a traditional horn (which many say gave rise to the vuvuzela) is played during a religious ceremony, KwaZulu-Natal.
Identifier: islandora:7374

Title: Resting pilgrim, Vimbeni Shembe
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: KwaZulu-Natal. Church leader Vimbeni Shembe on the way up 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:7373

Title: Sceptic members of the Shembe Church listen to testimony from a man claiming to have been healed
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. Sceptical devotees watch a man claim he was healed by the leader of the church 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:7278

Title: Believers come to buy water and vaseline blessed by Vimbeni Shembe
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni. Believers come to buy water and vaseline blessed by Vimbeni Shembe at the headquarters of the church, KwaZulu-Natal. 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:7368

Title: Believers come to buy water and vaseline blessed by Vimbeni Shembe
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni. Believers come to buy water and vaseline blessed by Vimbeni Shembe at the headquarters of the church, KwaZulu-Natal. 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:7369

Title: Vimbeni Shembe
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. Vimbeni Shembe, the leader 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:7277

Title: Shembe pilgrims, South Africa, 1997
Subject: Zulu (African people)--Religion, Church of the Nazarites, Rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Gauteng, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--South Africa--Gauteng, Best of Marinovich
Description: Members of the Gauteng branch of the Nazareth Baptist Church (or Shembe Church) 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 he had a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. Gauteng, 1997.
Identifier: islandora:1216

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: 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

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