„Baziya. Junge Tembu-Männer werden mit Öl gesalbt und dann ermahnt bei der Aufnahme in die Gemeinschaft der Männer“ („Baziya. Young Tembu men are anointed with oil and then advised during the reception in the men’s collective”). A group of men sitting or standing in a circle. Some of them are half naked, others are dressed in draperies and with caps. Some of them are holding sticks in their hands. Johnson W. Silinga, born in Baziya (South Africa East) in 1893, was an indigenous brother of the Moravian Church. He was a mission assistant from 1927 onwards.
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