This year we have seen beautiful designs of traditional wear all around, most people embodied their culture and it showed in their full regalia. Some even went as far as getting the right imibhaco (material used for Xhosa cultural dresses and shirts.
It is always a joy for some to wear their traditional outfits on events, for example, Imigidi (initiation school celebration), traditional weddings, kitchen parties and other ceremonial events.
December has been buzzing with Imigidi, where some people show off the most and we going to take a look at some of the best outfits this year.
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A beautiful attire to an initiation school celebration captioned “akalal’umnt’ozali Nkwenkwe” meaning you dont sleep when you mother a boy.
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In some celebrations, you don’t only find women dressing up but men to wear their traditional skirts in IsiXhosa culture.
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Every event has a theme and even though there is one, you can still be in your customized traditional dress.
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Xhosa ladies have showed us that you can wear your traditional outfit with a modern twist and still look beautiful.
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As we look at the cutest picture of this baby, there is definitely no age requirements on who should dress traditionally.
Also see: Should we mix our traditional outfits?
