| ZULU WEDDING Preparations are made for a royal Zulu wedding. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7052 | |
| Catalog #: | 510350 | |
| Clip Number: | 510350-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 293 | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:07 - 01:06:09 | |
| Location: | South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: African, Zulu ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Ethnic / Cultural FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa ROYALTY: Africa WEDDINGS: Royal WEDDINGS: Traditions | |
| Description: | ZULU WEDDING Preparations are made for a royal Zulu wedding. Various shots of ladies preparing for a Zulu wedding. Ladies who are married or betrothed have their hair in tall towers on their heads. All of the women wear traditional wrapped clothes. L/S as the Zulus walk along to the wedding. M/S of the bride who is a Princess. She is topless (bare breast). She wear an elaborate necklace and headpiece (like a hat with a veil). Her brother helps her dress and a holy man sweeps away evil spirits. Topless Zulu women dance. The dancers are all unmarried women. They wear elaborate necklaces. M/S of the groom. He has a beard. The bride dances a bit. The men dance in traditional Zulu style with their shields & spears. More dancing. (Some of the narration promotes sterotypes) | |
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