AMAMPONDO TRADITIONAL ATTIRE.

Amampondo are a Southern African ethnic group, they are the descendants of the AmaMbo from the Transkei region in the Eastern Cape. They speak the Mbo language also known as isimpondo which is a mixture of isiZulu and isiXhosa. The pondo nation stretches from valley of Ingeli mountains to Libode, the Pondo people are very unique with their language and their traditional attire. They have beautiful landscapes and they are also rich in natural resources, their wildlife is very beautiful.

Most of the powerful and influential people come from this tribe, I am talking about the likes of Oliva Tambo and Winnie Madikizela.

The amampondo tribe have unique traditional dances and cultures, they own the imfene dance, where they make a train like line and then they dance to the rhythm of the maskandi song with their sticks waving in the air. Both men and women can perform imfene

Both men and women undergo a ceremony called umphahlo where they go to a certain place at night and dance and sing to their traditional songs and maybe one man can find himself a girlfriend. The pondo people love to dance a lot and they have the spirit of Ubuntu and they are very proud of their culture and their uniqueness.