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Rural Egypt
Village on the banks of the Nile by Benissiva Calling (sparing eyes ), on Flickr
Village Road by patanne, on Flickr
Nile Village by Harold Stern, on Flickr
(887) fertile Nile valley / Fields along the Nile / Egypt by unicorn81, on Flickr
Early Start by cam.shirl, on Flickr
Hidden in The Mist by Mustafa Emre Gügen, on Flickr
Poles and Palms by ~W~, on Flickr
fishing the nile by Rod, on Flickr
Egypte: campagne dans la région de Dendara et Abydos by Marie-Hélène Cingal, on Flickr
Village on the banks of the Nile by Benissiva Calling (sparing eyes ), on Flickr
Village Road by patanne, on Flickr
Nile Village by Harold Stern, on Flickr
(887) fertile Nile valley / Fields along the Nile / Egypt by unicorn81, on Flickr
Early Start by cam.shirl, on Flickr
Hidden in The Mist by Mustafa Emre Gügen, on Flickr
Poles and Palms by ~W~, on Flickr
fishing the nile by Rod, on Flickr
Egypte: campagne dans la région de Dendara et Abydos by Marie-Hélène Cingal, on Flickr
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Absolutely! Or umuti aka "umuzi/umzi". Sometimes we call it a homestead.
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Hehe, the huts here can be really shabby which I blame on the poverty. The style here is also not really Swazi. It's costly to have a proper thatch job done here. You can still find the proper Swazi huts in cultural centres:I was trying to deride the so so workmanship evident in those pictures, 88key!
Hayi kona, hop over the border and we (much more experienced Xhosa people) can impart some knowledge.
The rondavels in Transkei are very impressive. I also give props to the Ndebele huts.
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^^Eish 88key, now I feel so bad. I wasn't criticing the huts at all. I am very aware that some communities (here in SA) have no choice but to build in that format due to economic reasons. Instead I was referring to the kraals still!
I recently visited family in the Transkei and took some kraal pics especially for you. Will post soon.
I recently visited family in the Transkei and took some kraal pics especially for you. Will post soon.
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Hmm, I could have sworn this kraal looked better when I was at home!No worries man
I'm looking forward to seeing that.
A slightly older picture taken from the kraal of a friend's home.
View from village quarry:
Gathering storm:
Driving SLOWLY on the gravel road:
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That's a nice Xhosa attempt, Nostra.
Amakhaya awo onke amaXhosa ziilali ngalali kwiphondo laseMpuma Koloni.
It doesn't matter that I grew up in Pretoria, lived in Midrand and now Edenvale- it will always be home.
I will be buried there one day.
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