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Bhaca people

Автор: Jesse Russel
Год: 2012
Издание: Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 94
ISBN: 9785513822097
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bhaca people or amaBhaca are an ethnic group in South Africa, mainly found in the small towns of the former Transkei homeland, Mount Frere and Umzimkhulu, and surrounding areas (a region that the Bhaca people call kwaBhaca, or "place of the Bhaca"). Their dialect, isiBhaca, is Xhosa with strong Zulu and some Swati influences. The origin of their name is unclear. The word ukubhaca in Nguni languages means to flee, and it is argued that their names stems from their flight during the Mfecane to present day KwaZulu-Natal. However, the word ukubhaca among the Bhaca people also refers to the ritual scarring of the face known as ukuchaza, a complex rite that is sometimes done for healing. Thus the Bhaca people could possibly have been named after this practice. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и в информационном сетевом ресурсе "Википедия" в частности. Собранная по...
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