Zulu love letter, noun phrase
In traditional Zulu society: a beaded square or rectangle crafted with symbolic colours and patterns that communicate messages of love, traditionally worn as a brooch or necklace during courtship or marriage.
2012 medisculpt.co.za (DSAE Corpus)The beaded square, worn as a brooch or necklace, is a traditional Zulu love letter.
2014 rivolt.co.za (DSAE Corpus)The significance and relevance of the traditional beaded Zulu love letter, which is given by the woman to the man as an encoded message of love within the traditional courtship ritual, informed Zungu’s artistic provenance.
a beaded square or rectangle crafted with symbolic colours and patterns that communicate messages of love, traditionally worn as a brooch or necklace during courtship or marriage.
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