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Safari and Surf - Wilderness Adventures
Many of the South African Tribes use click sounds in their language, this is a great Zulu click lesson with Sakhile from Safari and Surf - Wilderness Adventures.
Happy clicking!
Happy clicking!
updated 4 years ago
Happy clicking!
Sakhile Dube demonstrates how he and locals from the St Lucia area use Green Monkey Orange( Strychnos spinosa) to make an extra income. When still green, the fruit is collected and hollowed out before the carving process begins.
They then use a sharp knife to draw some guidelines and start peeling off the outer skin.
The piece of art then dry as a perfect souvenir for guests to take home with them.
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Whilst out on our guided walking trails we often find Green Monkey Orange( Strychnos spinosa). When ripe the fruit turn a yellow color and naturally fall from the tree. It is favored by birds and a variety of small and large mammals including bush pig, duiker, monkeys, baboons and elephant.
Sakhile explains how to open the fruit and that the seeds are pretty large with a small layer of tasty flesh around it. It is also edible for humans although the seeds contain small amounts of strychnine.. This was believed to be a remedy for snake bites in African history with the strychnine causing the heart beat to accelerate against the retarding effects of the snake venom on the heart muscle..
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Zulu grass mats are made from iNcema grass and are used in daily activities around the homestead. Comfies to either sit on or for lying down on..
Zulu grass mats have also become trendy with tourists visiting the area, used as beach mats.
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He focus mainly on greeting and a couple of other useful words to get you going. Below are a couple of the translations in this lesson:
Hello - Sawubona
How are you? - Unjani?
I am fine - Ngiyaphila
Thank you - Ngiyabonga
Come here - Woza lapha
Stop - Ima
Let's go - Asambe
I am sorry - Ngiyaxolisa
Start - Qala
Finish - Uqeda
I love you - Ngiyakuthanda
Me too - Nami futhi
Hope you enjoy the Zulu lesson!
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In iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa, we have two different species of chameleons, Flap-necked and Setaro's dwarf.
In the movie he focus his attention on the flap-necked chameleon. He explains about their general anatomy, habitat, feeding habits and of course traditional Zulu beliefs.
The Zulu's belief that chameleons can always see you with their eyes that can turn at a 270' angle. They further believe that the chameleon can shoot you with lightning. This was a clever strategy from the elders to make children fear chameleons in order to protect them as a specie.
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In the story he explains why hippos are allowed to spend days in the water, but have to venture out onto land to go grazing..
He explains how the good friendship between Rabbit and Hippo turned sour on one summers afternoon..
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One type is seasonal and made from the fruit of Marula trees, whilst the other two types are made from palm trees.
The two local palm trees that grow on our coastal plains have got very high sugar content within their internal fluids. This is to avoid them from reaching boiling point when fires sweep through the grassland.
Water with high sugar content will boil at higher temperatures than normal water without.
The fluid from these two palms are harvested and left to ferment, making a tasty and vitamin rich traditional wine.
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His own surname, "Dube", translates to Zebra. According to ancient beliefs, this was done in order for families to feel a responsibility to protect these animals. Sakhile was out on a Guided Walking Safari in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, South Africa when the film was taken.
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