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Shangaan

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Shangaan [ˈʃaŋgɑːn]
n
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of any of the Tsonga-speaking Bantu peoples settled in Mozambique and NE Transvaal, esp one who works in a gold mine


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On Wednesday, the matter was put off until yesterday as there was no interpreter available to translate proceedings for one of the defendants, who speaks Shangaan, a rare dialect of southern Mozambique.
The family of Billy Makhubele dominated the next section: he narrated his Shangaan ancestral story and described the function of various articles via a video, (2) complemented by a display of mineka (beaded fabric used as a wraparound skirt or draped about the shoulder).
The Shangaan people love music and have developed many musical instruments.
 
 
 
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