Swazi Cultural Village at Mantenga Nature Reserve.
Cultural village under construction
| Beehive Hut - "siguca thandaza" |
| Beehive hut and screen | |
| Detail of "boma" (screen) wall, made of reeds ("umhlanga" - Phragmites australis) and held in place with reeds wrapped with "lukhasi" (Festuca costata) rope |
| Hut doorway with impala skull over the entrance | |
| Detail of hut latticing - rope lattice made from "lukhasi" (Festuca costata), holding in thatching grass (Hyparrhenia spp.) |
| Grindstone - "umbogodvo" | |
| "Boma" (screen), windbreak sheltering the entrance to a beehive hut |
| Square huts may or may not have been built in Swaziland before the colonial era. | |
| Elevated hut, to avoid rot - the base is made from "wattle and daub" - mud on wooden framework |
| Traditional door technology. (Photos: K. Braun) | |
