In all of the ethnic groups living in South Africa, Zulu tribe is considered as the biggest and the largest group. They are very skillful and loving people. Their handicraft work is very popular among the visitors. Their colourful bright beads are very beautiful and also very popular. Besides the beads, they are also famous for their baskets and small carving.
The Zulu tribesmen think that they are ancestors of a Chief from Congo area. They migrated to south in the sixteenth century. During their migration they adopted many customs and traditions of the San. San was lived in South African region. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, treaties were signed between the British and powerful chiefs, after which the control of Zulu villages were handed over to the British. This incident caused lot of conflict since the Zulu people fought hard with the British to get free from the British control but could not succeed because they were much weaker against the British.
As most of the Zulu land had been handed over to the British Zulu people had left no option and after so much struggle Zulu people united against the British against the injustice that had been done with them over the years. In 1879, Zulu stood and fought a war against the British. Initially they were successful but not for long. As the British defeated them within six months and after doing so they divided the Zulu kingdom and exiled Zulu Kings. However, the Zulu people did not give up and fought the British in 1906 and tried to take back their historical kingdom.
The Zulu tribe believe in a god, known as ‘Nkulunkulu’. They believe this god do not come in contact with people and also have no interest in their everyday life. For that reason, the Zulu interact with the spirits. They believe that every bad thing happens as a result of evil and there is no such thing as harm done due to natural causes. Another interesting thing about the Zulu people is that they are practically divided, as one half of them work in cities and other half work on farms.
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