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isiXhosa

Umgidi

In Xhosa culture, umgidi is the ceremony that's done to celebrate a boy or boys (mkhwetha) coming back from the mountain (initiation school).
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I can't wait to attend umgidi ka Boy

MXhosa • 23 October 2021
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