THE BHACA TRADITION, CULTURE AND PRACTICES

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the grotesque scares
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Traditional Bhaca speakers are identified by the 'grotesque' scars or cuts which can are very much visible on their faces because of historical reasons( such as the ones linked to Umfecane wars and migration from Zululand). This may be result of the War. Umfecane wars led our kings and Queens to advise their nations and houses to cut their skins in disguise of the enemy.

There have been many stereotypes circulating about amaBhaca. Some tend to alienate Bhaca from the nature of human behaviour by making claims such as that Bhacas are witches . This comes after the notion that Bhaca speaking people mostly practice herbal healing and spirituality as compared to adapting western medicine as well as the belief systems that comes with it. Another stereotype associated with AmaBhaca is that Bhaca is the lower class Excrement Collectors. This comes after several of the Bhaca speaking men leaving home to find work as shit collectors in Townships were there is an overcrowding of black people. Alexander and Langa are main residences of where this stereotype was given birth to.

One most t prevalent is the assumption that Bhacas speak a 'funny' and 'confusing' mix masala of Xhosa-Zulu-Swati in one sentence. Again this is due to history, especially the one of migration and Umfecane. The Zulus deny them and say, “Hhayi mfanakithi laba asibazi, laba abanehlanga ezingaka ebusweni!” No my brother we don’t know these ones, oh certainly not these with such huge marks on their faces! The Xhosas deny them and say, “Yhu hhayi akungabona abethu aba, unotshe! Khawumamele bathini xabethi bayahhamba, yiva bona bathi bayakhamba, intoni na leyo?!” Oh hell no! These ones are not our people, oh hell no! Not when they speak the way they do. Just listen to them, we don’t speak like that, we drag the H when we say we are going and they don’t.  The Swati also deny them saying, “Laba asibati tsina, buka kutsi balicinisa njani limi uma bekhuluma.” We don’t know these people, with us we lull our tongue when we speak, yet these ones harden theirs.The nation that does not have its language listed as one of this country's official languages, yet it exists with its own distinct and vibrant language; its own people, its own diversity and culture.

there is a reseach that was done by Makaula P.N. which explains futher about this topic. there re interesting facts to look out about the Bhaca people.