Muli shani!
Greetings from Zambia!
Each choir participating in a Choir Competition designs their own uniforms and choreographs their entry down the central aisle and into position on the platform. This vibrant choir, from Bethsaida United Church of Zambia, raised the roof with their processional singing of 'King of Kings', 'Nkosi namaNkosi'.
The women carry knobkerries: the name derives from the Afrikaans word 'knop', meaning knob or ball and the Khoekhoe or San word 'kirri', meaning walking stick.
The Bethsaida Choir has chosen garb traditional to the Ngoni People in the Eastern Province. It's similar to that of the Zulu people of South Africa, the community in which we lived 1984-1990. with the cowskin shields, headbands and waist-skirts.
Among the Zulu people the knobkerrie is called an 'iwisa' and is still used for ceremonial purposes. Amongst the Ndebele people it is called 'induku' and was traditionally used in warfare. We knew them to be used to ward off snakes.
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