Zulu (4 rooms): Nguni
(8 luxury rooms):
1x Twin Room Double
beds
3x Double Rooms (see
below for Nguni information)
Sanibonani – Hello and welcome! To
our Zulu village.
Your guestroom has been built and decorated by our local
Zulu craft man and as you can see we even give you running
water, electricity and strong, high beds to ward off the mischievous
“Tokolosh”!
We are the proud sons of Shaka Zulu, the most feared warrior
in the Zulu history.
We call ourselves the Amazulu - or “People of Heaven”.
Our home is Kwa-Zulu Natal an area bordered by the Drakensburg,
Mozambique and the Eastern Cape.
You will find us to be fiercely traditional people, proud
of our warrior history and famous for our high kicking, foot
stamping energetic dancing.
We measure our wealth in cattle and for the price of a bride
– Lobola.
In 1879 armed only with rawhide shields and bladed stabbing
spears, we defeated the British forces at Isandhlawana. This
was the biggest single defeat the British army has ever suffered
from a so called primitive army.
We are indeed honoured to have you with us.
Enjoy your stay….
“Siyabonga” – Thank you!
Beehive Huts:
“Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” – A
person is a person because of other people.
As it is a group effort where friends and relatives gather
to help build these huts. Women cut and weave grass preparing
for their part of the building as they deal with the grass
work. Men cut wet wood that can be bent easily for frame work.
Strong dry wood is used for the inside poles.
A Zulu saying is that: “Lugotywa lusemanzi” –
You cannot bend a dry stick because it will break, you must
train your children when they are still young.
Inqolobane - Place to store grain:
A small grass enclosure elevated off the ground where
food is kept so that goats and pigs can not access it.
Isibaya – Cattle Enclosure:
You will always find this in the middle of the village.
So that the entire village can protect their cattle.
To a Zulu man, cattle is his wealth. Cattle are exchanged
for their bride – this is called ‘Lobola”.
Isivivane – Pile of Stones:
When a journey is going to be taken and dangers are
prevalent. A stone is picked up from outside of the pile of
stones, spat on and the ancestors are told about the journey
and the purpose of it. Protection and good luck is requested
from the ancestors and the stone is then thrown on to the
existing pile.
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Zulu Village |
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Nguni people, were one nation (tribe) before
the war in 1849, started by Shaka. They were named after the
“Nguni” cows. They got this name from the white
folk who called them the Nguni people as they always saw them
slaughtering Nguni cows to eat.
Rooms are themed in Zulu culture because all Nguni people
originated from Zululand and Nguni skins and horns because
of the Nguni cows, where these people derived their names
from.
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