Shembe

Long overdue, this is my post about going to Shembe. The month of July is the "holy" month for Shembe, so they were having special celebrations each Sunday during the month. The pictures you see here are dances that different congragations are doing. I wish I could have had pictures of the baptism. Instead, here are some young girls, and below are pictures of the men and of one young man in particular. Shembe is known for encouraging African traditions as well as the teachings of Jesus and the Torah, but I think now there is a Shembe Bible which may contain writings from the different Shembes. More about that in the next post. I want to get this one up without making it too large. I will be writing more in a minute.