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Ndebele Child at Wedding
Carol Beckwith1996
African Ceremonies
Friday Harbor, United States
Dressed for a family wedding by her grandmother, a young Ndebele girl wears traditional beaded leg hoops called golwani and an apron of beaded tassels called lighabi. During the wedding, the child accompanies the bride as a good-luck omen to assure the bride’s future success in childbearing.
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- Title: Ndebele Child at Wedding
- Creator: Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher
- Date: 1996
- Location: South Africa
- Copyright: copyright Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher
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