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The way that Basotho men wear these traditional blankets is based on the traditional Kaross, an animal skin cloak although their transformation to "factory-woven textile" is attributed to King Moshoeshoe I. [3] By 1860 securing sufficient skins for Karosses was increasingly difficult and by 1872 a large majority of sheepskin covers had been ...
The local traditional dresses are made using colored cloth and ribbon accents bordering each layer. Sotho women often purchase this material and have it designed in a style similar to West and East African dresses. Women often wrap a long print cloth or a small blanket around their waist, either as a skirt or as a second garment over it.
These hands are covered in many American traditional-style tattoos with clean, black lines surrounding bright colors. Image credits: @nia.hardcore #40 Digit Doodles
Arrernte welcoming dance, entrance of the strangers, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 9 May 1901, photograph Artist Albert Namatjira was a Western Arrernte man.. The Arrernte (/ ˈ ʌ r ə n d ə /) people, sometimes referred to as the Aranda, Arunta or Arrarnta, are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the Arrernte lands, at Mparntwe [1] [2] (Alice Springs) [a] and ...
A Tjurunga, also spelt Churinga and Tjuringa, is an object considered to be of religious significance by Central Australian Aboriginal people of the Arrernte (Aranda, Arunta) groups. The word derives from the Arrernte word Tywerenge which means sacred or precious. Tjurunga often had a wide and indeterminate native significance.
Lebollo la basadi also known as female initiation among the Basotho is a rite of passage ritual which marks the transition of girls into womanhood.This activity is still practiced in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal provinces of South Africa.
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Once everything is finished, great portions of food are set inside the hut, and Maliane asks who it is for. They answer it is for her husband, and close the door. Inside the hut, Maliane hears many whistlings: it is Monyohe - as a serpent - come down to eat the food. After the meal, he coils under the blanket and rests its head on Maliane's chest.