ZIMBABWE CULTURE

ZIMBABWE MANY CULTURES WHICH BELIEVE IN DIFFERENT CEREMONIES, ONE OF THEIR LARGEST GROUPS BELIEVE IN SHONA.  THEY MADE CARVINGS FROM THE FINEST MATERIALS.

THEY MAE POTTERY , BASKETRY,MATERIAL, JEWELRY, AND CARVINGS.  THEIR CARVINGS HAVE BEEN A FUSION OF AFRICAN FOLKLORE WITH EUROPEAN INFLUENCES.  THEY HAVE A THEME OF MAN CHANGING INTO A BEAST.  SOME ARTISTS HAVE MANAGED TO GAIN A WORLD OF AUDIENCE.

ENGLISH IS THE MAIN LANGUAGE BUT SOME SPEAKNATIVE TONGUE.  THEY PRIMARILY HAVE CORNMEAL AS A STAPLE.  BOTA IS MADE FROM CORNMEAL AND WATER AND MIXED WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND JAM  IT CAN BE EATEN ANYTIME.  THEY EAT MANY GREEN VEGETABLES AND MEAT IS STEWED, GRILLED ROASTED OR SUNDRIED.  SPECIAL MEALS ARE RICE, WITH CHICKEN.  SPECIAL MEALS ARE RICE, CHICKEN OR COLESLAW.  DURING A WEDDING OR OTHER LARGE GATHERING A GOAT OR COW WILL BE BARBEQUED.  SINCE THEY WERE BRITISH THEY STILL HQAVE SOME OF THEIR HABITS.

ONE OF THEIR LEGENDS IS THE ZINBABWE RIVER GOD, A DRAGON LIKE CREATURE WITH A SNAKE'S TORSO.  IT RESIDES IN ZAMBEZI RIVER AND CONTROLS THE LIFE IN AND ON THE RIVER.  HE CONTROLSLIFE IN THE RIVER.  HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN THE KARIBE GORGE AND RULE THE UNDERWORLD.

THE KARIBE LEGND IS THE MOST WIDELY KNOWN LEGEND.THEY LIVED IN ZAZAMBABWE VALLEY FOR CENTURIES IN PEACEFUL SECLUSION WITH LITTLE CONTROL OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD.!

THE BUILT HOUSES IN KRAALALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER.  THEY BELIEVED THEIR GODS LOOKED LIKE WITH WATER AND FOOD.  IN THE EARLY 1940'S A REPORTER WAS MADE OF HYDRO ELECTRIC SCHEME TO THE SUPPLY POWER FOR THE GROWING INDUSTRY THAT COLONIALIZED THE DROUGHT TO THE FEDERATION OF COUNTRIES THAT ARE KNOWN AS NORTHERN RHODESIA.  IN 1956 THE LANGUAGE PROJECT STARTED.  THE BATONG'S PEACE AND SOLITUDE MOVED FROM THE RIVER TO AVOID THE FLOOD THE DAM WOULD CAUSE.   THE GORGE WHERE THE DAM WAS THE HOME OF THEIR DRAGON CREATURE..  THE RESETTLED HIGHER UP ON THE BANK.  THEY BELIEVED THEIR LEGEND CREATURE WOULD CAUSE THE PROJECT TO FAIL.  SO IN 1957  THE WORST FLOOD EVER WASHED AWAY PART OF THE DAM AND IT KILLED MANY FOLKS AND WORKERS.  MANY WHITE MEN DIED AND THE TONGA ELDERS SAID A SACRIFICE MUST BE MADE.  A BLACK CALF WAS SLAUGHTERED THAT FLOATED ON THE RIVER.THREE DAYS AFTER THE WORKERS BODIES DISAPPEARED  THEY WERE FOUND IN THE RIVER.  THIS MYSTERY HAS NOT BEEN EXPLAINED.  FLOODS DURING THE NEXT SEASON WERE EVEN WORSE.

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