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Africa | Having taken off her 'nguba' (blanket), an Ndebele bride dresses in the beaded leg and waist hoops and skirts that constitute her bridal outfit. These hoops, called 'golwani', are made from hanks of twisted grass wrapped in strands of glass beads. They are associated particularly with costumes worn by girls of marriageable age who have completed their initiation into womanhood. || © Angela Fisher & Carol Beckwith; African Ceremonies
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