This is a documentation of me as a modern young black Xhosa woman, covering my head with a head scarf (known as iqhiya in Xhosa), wearing a long skirt and not looking at elders in the eye for 10 days. This is usually done by South African black women (Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Tswana, and many other South African cultural groups) when they get married, but they do this for the rest of their married life. It is known as ukuhlonipha in Xhosa (which means giving respect).
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Yindaba kabani uba'ndilahlumlenze?
This contemporary music video is by South African artist Thandiswa Mazwai. It's titled "lahlu'lenze" which can be translated as "throw your leg up". The song basically says "whose issue is it if I throw my leg up and be myself?". Thandiswa Mazwai is a modern Xhosa woman who through music explores many issues around culture and the way in which live through culture. The differnt cultural expressions that are demostrated in the video are also very interesting in that she has taken women from different walks of life and made a relevant statement about woman as a whole.
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