THE CULTURE OF THE ZULU

1. By: Sheena Horace THE CULTURE OF THE ZULU

2. Who are the Zulu?? The Zulu are south Africa's largest ethnic group with the approximate population of 10 to 11 million people.

6. Attire and Marriage The apron worn by men to cover their buttocks is called �ibheshu�, Young men wear one that is knee length as it is more practical for fighting, hunting and dancing. a symbol that a man of the Zulu tribe is married is, he wears a decorative headband. � An engaged woman would allow her hair to grow long and cover her bosom area with a decorative cloth signaling respect for her future family. While a married woman covers her whole body signaling to others that she off limits or that is has already been taken. When a young woman is single she displays this by wearing only a short skirt made of grass or beaded cotton strings, she wears nothing on top regardless of her size, weight, small or large bosom. An unmarried woman also tends to keep her hair short. There is no sexual connection with the openly displaying of the bosom area, but instead with the back of the upper thigh. Men Women