Cultures in South Africa

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Across
  1. 1. An elaborately beaded, bold coloured dress still worn by older Indian women.
  2. 2. A Khoi-San boy will become an adult when he kills his first large _______.
  3. 4. Minstrels sing and dance down the streets of Cape Town wearing colourful outfits.
  4. 6. This is used to heal people, to make contact with ancestors and for rain-making in the Khoi-San culture.
  5. 9. In the local Siswati language it is known as “the place of the rising sun”.
  6. 11. All cultural groups are found in this province mainly because it is South Africa’s economic centre.
  7. 12. Traditional Zulu medicines.
Down
  1. 1. A spice that is unique to the Basotho and is made by grinding marula seeds.
  2. 3. Marriages are arranged by families(bride price).
  3. 5. A violin type instrument but uses only one string hooked to a tin in the Tswana culture.
  4. 7. This dance symbolises fertility and youth in the Venda culture.
  5. 8. In the Zulu culture it is believed that they have supernatural powers of communicating with ancestral spirits, in addition to being able to predict the future.
  6. 10. Samp with corn, beans and spices is a traditional Xhosa dish.