How SA Celebs Celebrated Heritage Day. Yesterday marked a very important day for South Africans to celebrate their culture and all it’s beauty by wearing their traditional regalia to represent their people on Heritage Day.
Many South African celebrities joined in the spirit and donned their traditional attire to showcase the pride they have in their people and their heritage.
Here are some of our local celebrities that we loved to see in their Heritage Day attire.
Connie Ferguson
Busiswa
Gabisile Tshabalala
Oros Mampofu
Ntsiki Mazwai
Lunathi Mampofu
Rami Chuene
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I had so many ideas of how I wanted to reveal my pregnancy and as usual I was looking for something that hadn’t be done before. In the attempt to pay respect to my culture, I did some research on how a Zulu pregnant woman looked like back in the day. Our culture is so rich with amazing clothing, patterns, colors and designs, all of which have symbolic meaning. For example the hat a woman wears symbolizes that she is a married woman. The clothes she wears symbolizes whether she is a girl, a woman, a wife, or a mother to be. The patterns on a maternity apron determine many things, among which is the sex of the baby ? In this image shot in my backyard, to represent where my child will be raised, I’m dressed in a bespoke Zulu pregnancy apron called “Ingcayi” hand made and beaded by @asandamadyibi Historically the hide would have been a gift from my father in law from a hunt. The beadwork and design would have been handmade & gifted to me by mother in law with messeges and symbols of the family liniage almost like the western family crest. I’m so proud to show off my culture in a time where so much creativity and evolution has made us look at the art instead of the rich cultural meanings behind the items we fashionably wear today. I am and always will be a proud Zulu woman. #HappyHeritageDay #Zulu #ShakasDay #Culture ??
