IBandla amaNazaretha
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English: Nazareth Baptist Church. A controversial religious movement rooted in Zulu tradition founded by Isiah Shembe at the holy city of Ekuphakameni. It had a rich liturgical tradition based on modified forms of traditional Zulu dancing and hosted an annual pilgrimage to the sacred mountain of Nhlangakazi . Peter Larlham, described these pilgrimages as a performance or theatrical event in his 1985 study of South African performance.
Sources
http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/shembe_im.htm
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See also Nhlangakazi
Peter Larlham, 1985
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