Tuesday 25 November 2014

DiBlaas - New Men.



People come up to us an ask us what certain things mean and why we've chosen to do what we do and it's sometimes hard to respond without putting the ancient secrets of our culture at risk. The truth of the matter is that as we've embarked on this journey, we're learning a lot about ourselves, our culture and art which was essentially the what we wanted but the overwhelming support from Xhosa people around the country has been amazing. We hope that as you view our page that you too, no matter what culture, religion or race, will be inspired to tell the story of your people in a way that you know best.

Abantu abaninzi bayasi buza ukuba siyenzela ntoni lento kwaye kutheni sikhethe ukubonisa usiko lethu nga le ndlela. Kunzima ukuphendula ngamanye amaxesha kuba asifuni ukufaka izifombo zesiko engcuphekweni. Inyaniso ithi njekuba sihamba kule dlela, sifunda nzulu ngathi singabantu, isiko lethu ne zinto ezinhle ngathi sonke; kwaye ibi yilonto ebesiyifuna ekuqaleni kodwa ukuxhasa kwenu kuyimangaliso enkulu. Siyathemba njengokuba ujonge lento siyenzayo, nawe uyavakalelwa kwaye uyazingca ukuze nawe ukwazi ukqgithisela amava ngesiko lakho.

Monday 13 October 2014

Friday 3 October 2014

Ndingum' Xhosa - I am Xhosa.




Indoda ngu mafung' akajiki, kodwa lonto ayithethi ubu zesi libale ukuba singo bani.

A man never looks back but that doesn't mean that he must forget.

Wednesday 10 September 2014

A week - iVeki.




A few weeks ago it was FNB Art Fair from the 19th to the 24th of August 2014, we had no clue what to do but we definitely want to contribute to the art fair/week in any way we could. After some thought we realised that there's nothing we know better than our culture of the fact that we want to teach people more about because the difference between knowledge and ignorance is the willingness to learn.

Iveki ezim' balwa ezidlulileyo bekukho iFNB Art Fair  nge 19th kude kube yi 24th ka August 2014, besingayazi ukuba sifun' ukwenza ntoni kodwa besifuna ukuba nayo isandla kwi nqubo yalo veki. Ekupheleni kwe xesha siye saqonda ukubai ayikho into esiyaz' ngaphezu' kwe siko kwaye sifuna ukufundisa abantu kuze bazo kwazi nzulu ngesi Xhosa, ngoba umahluko ngokwazi noku ngaz'into kuk'funa ik'funda okanye hayi.

Photographer: Blair Macdonald. (http://novembafilms.com/)

Friday 8 August 2014

Emakhaya - At home pt. 2






Ukugoduka kuza nezinto ezinintsi ngamanye amaxesha, izinti ezintle kakhulu kwaye nethuba loku cola cola amava nentsikelelo zo-makhulu, o-mkhuluwa, nobawo. Ngenene siyazingca ngobu Xhosa bethu.

To go home brings a lot of things at times, things that are really good and a chance to pick up teackings and blessings of grandmothers, older members of the family and ancestors. Really, we are proud of being Xhosa.

Friday 25 July 2014

Emakhaya - At home pt. 1







Ukugoduka kuza nezinto ezinintsi ngamanye amaxesha, izinti ezintle kakhulu kwaye nethuba loku cola cola amava nentsikelelo zo-makhulu, o-mkhuluwa, nobawo. Ngenene siyazingca ngobu Xhosa bethu.

To go home brings a lot of things at times, things that are really good and a chance to pick up teackings and blessings of grandmothers, older members of the family and ancestors. Really, we are proud of being Xhosa.

Thursday 15 May 2014

Inkumbuzo - Remembrance.



Ekuhambeni kwexesha sinokuzi khumbuza ngentonga esazifumana endleleni yobudoda. Siralela ukufundisa abantu ngabantu bethu, maXhosa, kuze sonke sikwazi ukudibana nje ngabantu basem' zantsi Africa. Enkos' ku bhut' Trevor Stuurman ngothatha esimfanekiso.

In time we usually remind ourselves about the lessons learnt on the road to manhood. We wish to teach people certain elements of the Xhosa culture so that we can all live together in harmony as South Africans. Thank you to brother Trevor Stuurman for taking this picture.

Photographer: Trevor Stuurman (http://stuurmanstylediary.tumblr.com/)

Sunday 11 May 2014

Indlela - The Road.


Abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba indlela yobudoda iphela xa ubuya esutwini, kodwa indlela isandu qala.


A lot of people think that the road to manhood ends when you come back from initiation school, but it's only beginning.


Photographer: Patrick Matloga.


Friday 9 May 2014

Sidibene - Together.




Ekuhambeni kwexesha sifunda ngesiko nangathi singabantu. Kuhle ukwazi abantu bayafuna ukufunda ngesiko lethu.

As time goes by we learn more about our culture and ourselves. It's beautiful to know that people actually want to learn about our culture.

Photographer: Natalia Ndlovu.

Friday 2 May 2014

Ekuqaleni - In the beginning.


Sasihleli siz'buza ukuba abantu bazoyeka nini ukuthiya into bengayazi. Saqond' ukuba kungcono ukuzama ukufundisa abantu ngathi nangama siko akwa Xhosa.

We always wondered why people always labeled and judged things. So we decided to rather teach people about ourselves and the Xhosa culture.

Photographer: Unam Ntantala.