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The amaShoba are cow tails worn on the upper arms and below the knees to give the appearance of greater bulk to the body.IsiNene is the front apron, consisting of coin sized circular skin patches sewn closely together to add weight and cover the male genitals.iBeshu is the rear apron made from calf skin (from stillborn or dead calves). Those of young men involved in active pursuits are knee length whilst those of the older men are ankle length.A headband is used only by married men.The leopard is revered as the king of predators and only those of an elevated social position wear its skin. An induna may only wear a headband but the king may wear as much as he wishes.The inJobo are long animal skins worn on the hipsA single maiden will wear only a short grass skirt embellished perhaps with beads whilst an engaged girl will cover her breasts and allow her hair to grow.A married woman covers her entire body to indicate that she is taken and wears a thick cowhide skirt that has been treated with charcoal and animal fat. Over this skirt may be another of cloth in white, red or black. Over her breasts, the woman wears a cover decorated with beads with a message understood only by her husband.The most impressive adornment is the hat which is constructed with grass and cotton that is sewn into the hair. These may measure as much as a meter across and last for a few months, whereupon the procedure is repeated.Bull Dance: a dance that originated in the cramped confines of the mine dormitories imitating a bull with the arms held aloft and the legs brought down with a thump. The rural girls have their own version.The Hunting Dance imitates the actions of hunting and the bravery it requires. This fiery dance is danced using sticks instead of spears to avoid injury and was danced before the hunt began. The girls also dance their own version but to welcome the men back from the hunt.The Dance of the Small Shield dates from Shaka's time and is a rhythmic dance used to encourage military unity. Today it is normally performed at Royal occasions. A similar dance using a spear and shield is the umGhubho.The umQhogoyo involves violent shaking of the upper body.The umBhekuzo represents the ebb and flow of the tides with the men alternately advancing and retreating on the audience. Those at the ends lift up their aprons exposing their buttocks.The dancers' bodies move in snakelike unison accompanied by singing in the UmChwayo.The umGhebulo appears as if the dancers want to pull down the sky or climb an imaginary ladder to it.The iliKhomba is a graceful dance with rhythmic movements of the upper body accompanied by the swinging of a long decorated stick.THE BLACK IS FOR THE GENERAL BLACK POPULATION THE OPPRESSED POPULACETHE RED IS FOR THE BLOOD SPILLED BEFORE ,DURING AND AFTER IMPERIALISMTHE YELLOW IS FOR THE MENTAL THE PHYSICAL AND HEALTH WEALTH OF A NATIONTHE GREEN IS FOR MAMA EARTH WHICH BRINGS FORTH THE FOOD FOR ALL TO EAT AND LAVISH ON AND THE HERBS TO MEDITATE ONTHE WHITE TRIANGLE ..WHITE REPRESENTING PEACE AND TRIANGLE REPRESENTING THE TRINITYTHE BIRD REPRESENTING ANCIENT ZIMBABWE FOREVER LOST IN COLONIALISM BUT NEVER FORGOTTENLayout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace LayoutsVIEW OF THE MIGHTY ZAMBEZI RIVERTHE MIGHTY VICTORIA FALLS ...REAL NAME MOSI-OA-TUNYA''THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS''ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.THE ZAMBEZI PLUNGES 300 FEET INTO THE EARTH DEPOSITING OVER A 12 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER INTO THE EARTH DAILY.CONTRARY TO WHAT U HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS THE BIGGEST WATERFALL IN THE WORLD NOT THE NIAGARA FALLSGREAT ZIMBABWE RUINS .BUILD OVER 500 YEARS AGO THEY STILL STAND STRONG BE IT WITH A FEW MODOFICATIONS