Xhosa family celebrates umgidi in snow . In a Tiktok video by @nontyatyamboentle, a family had a umgidi planned when it snowed, and they continued as usual.

A Xhosa family looked gorgeous in their colourful traditional clothing during umgidi ceremony. The family danced and sang, adding modern dance moves.

Umgidi encompasses an array of hotly debated issues in the democratic South Africa, ... For Sipho Singiswa, the dawn of democracy allows him to be bold and proud of his Xhosa customs and identity.

Since the beginning of lockdown a lot of things have changed including traditional ways of doing things.

It’s all systems go for the homecoming umgidi ceremony of fluent Xhosa-speaking teenager Chad Baling, 18, after he successfully underwent the ancient Xhosa ulwaluko initiation rite to manhood.