The Zulu people are very diverse people, they dress up for every occasion and according to their emotions.
The pretty colours they put on have different meanings; from finding new love, illness to sadness and death.
Although the attires have evolved over the years, the colours, emotions have stayed the same.
Colour Positive and Negative Meaning
The colour BLACK's positive meaning is Marriage and Regeneration, the negative meaning is Death, Sadness, Depair and Sorrow
The colour BLUE's positive meaning is Fidelity and Request, the negative meaning is Hostility and Dis-like.
The colour GREEN's positive meaning is Contentment and Domestic bliss and the negative meaning is Illness and Discord.
The colour PINK's positive meaning is Promise and High Birth or Rank and the negative meaning is Poverty and Laziness.
The colour RED's positive meaning is Physical Love and Strong Emotion and the negative meaning is Anger, Heartache and Impatience
The colour YELLOW's positive meaning is Wealth, A Garden, Industry and Fertility and the negative meaning is Thirst, Badness and Withering away.
The colour WHITE's positive meaning is Spiritual Love, Purity and Virginity and no negative meaning.
Traditional 'isikoti' wedding cape
Isidwaba, Taditional married women skirt (THEN)
Isidwaba, Taditional married women skirt (NOW)
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