Umemulo Ceremony!

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We left bright and early on a very cold morning when we were headed to Johannesburg in Alberton to my best friends traditional ceremony called "Umemulo" (where when a girl is 21 years or older, a ritual is done and a cow is slaughtered in her presents and a piece of skin of the cow from the leg is cut and put on the girl's right hand and it is called "Isiphandla"). When we got there we had to get ready real quick for the grand entrance of the singing and dancing for the people that were there for my friend Mbali and we were her peers dressedin traditional beaded skirts and vests and "ubuhlalo" (beaded jewellery). The elders came to us throwing money on the floor and attaching on Mbali's hat she had on than she did the traditional dance called "ukusina". Then there were also little boys and girls who had they own routine just for enterntainment. Mbali had to go to the elders of her family to get blessings on everything she goes through to be well and also to be successful in life.

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