Further history of the Bushmen (San)
The love bow.
Paulos relayed a nice piece of history on my last visit.
Marriages where not always aranged in San Culture.
If a young man liked a women he would construct. L#ove bow.
The love bow is no bigger than my hand.
The young man could create one and a tiny sharp arrow.
When the sun is setting the man would separate himself from his friends and sneak up near her. He would shoot her in the buttocks. It would sting like a bee. When she brushes her rump she would find the love arrow and look to see a man seperated from the other men. This would identify her lover. If she wants to marry him she will look to the sun as a sign she wants to spend her life with him. If not she will turn her back to the sun and spit to the ground indicating no interest in him.
It's sort of like the African version of Cupid.
I'm loving hearing the history of the San culture from somebody who actually grew up in the culture.
Paulos does not speak English, only khoi San and afrikaans. He learned afrikaans whilst tracking for 32 batallion.
32 bat where some of the most feared soldiers in the war.
A lot of the soldiers in 32 Bat have gone on and worked for private security companies in Iraq, Congo, Ivory Coast.
32 Batallions history is an interest of mine.
A good article done by US journalists VICE
http://www.vice.com/read/32-battalion-409-v17n4 I know I have digressed, but I would like you to know the history of my beautiful country.
My wish is that people would look past race and culture and embrace each other as fellow countrymen.
For another day, I have had the honour of knowing two Zulu Princes and learned a lot from their culture from the stories they have passed down.
History books have tainted history an word of mouth history has become a thing of the past.
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