TABLE OF CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . 1
2. SEPEDI DISHES . . . . . . . . 1 1
3. SEPEDI DANCE . . . . . . . . 1
4. SEPEDI ATTIRE . . . . . . . . . 2
5. SEPEDI ATTIRE . . . . . . . . 3
6. SEPEDI MUSIC . . . . . . . . . 4
7. SEPEDI ITEMS . . . . . . . . . 4
8. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . 4

9. CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . 4

10. REFERENCE LIST . . . . . . . . 5

Introduction
Sepedi (Northern Sotho) Language
The heterogeneous Northern Sotho are often referred to as the baPedi (Pedi people), because the Pedi make up the largest of their constituent groups. Their language is sePedi. This society arose in the northern Transvaal as a confederation of small chiefdoms some time before the 17th century. A succession of strong Pedi chiefs claimed power over smaller chiefdoms and were able to dominate important trade routes between the interior plateau and the Indian Ocean coast for several generations.
During the 19th century, Pedi armies were defeated by the Natal armies of Mzilikazi and were revived under the command of a Pedi chief, Sekwati. Boer Voortrekkers in the Transvaal acquired some Pedi lands peacefully, but later clashed with them over further land claims.
By the 1870s, the Voortrekker armies were sufficiently weakened from these clashes that they agreed to a confederation with the British colonies of Natal and the Cape until tensions eventually lead to the South African War in 1899.
Sepedi is also sometimes referred to as Sesotho sa Laboa or Northern Sotho. The language of Sepedi is spoken by approximately 4,208,980 individuals and it is one of the eleven official languages in South Africa.
The Sepedi clan has different sub groups as the smaller Lobedu population makes up another subgroup among the Northern Sotho. The Lobedu are closely related to the Shona population, the largest ethnic group in Zimbabwe, but the Lobedu are classified among the Sotho primarily because of linguistic similarities. The Lobedu have unique magical powers attributed to a female authority figure known as the Rain Queen.
The Northern Sotho homeland of Lebowa was declared a "self-governing" (not independent) territory in 1972, with a population of almost 2 million. It has, of course, along with all the former self-governing territories and "homelands", been fully re-incorporated into South Africa following the first free elections in 1994. Sepedi dishes
The traditional food for the northern Sesotho is masonja which is referred to the mopane worms, they also like to prepare thophi which is maize mixed with fruits (lerotse).Their other favourite food is milo and machilo which is found in mountain trees, they also eat morogo wa dikgopana.
Sepedi dances
The traditional dance which is mostly done during ceremonies such as weddings, and cultural ceremonies is called the kiba which is only performed by man.

Sepedi attire Woman wear metsheka and man wear ditsiba. Kings wear clothes made out of wild animal skin such as lions and tigers to leadership that they are from the royal ruling house (moshate) and ordinary people from the village wear clothes made out of domestic animal such as goats and cows. The picture below shows a bride in traditional sepedi gear for traditional sepedi wedding ceremony.

Women wear a baby-doll style dress with lace and pattern and complete the crafty masterpiece with stringing beads around their neck that are usually large and colorful an absolutely fabulous accessory to their already breathtaking outfits. The mix of colors is miraculous on the dark skin and for sure a white girl could not pull it off quite so beautifully.

Sepedi music
Melodically music called dinaka music originated long time ago from a traditional Pedi who was also called Dinaka. According to the Pedi people this man loved traditional music and dance; He also made traditional instruments especially for this kind of music but sadly he died and that was when the music was named after him.
Sepedi items

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REFERENCE LIST

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From the World Wide Web http://www.culturalissues.co.za

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the World Wide Web http://www.southafricancultures.gov.za

Grogan, J. (2009). Lifestyles. South Africa: Oxford University press

Venter. R. & Levy, A. (2006).Cultures in society. Cape Town:

Oxford University Press.