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Show Celebrants at Zulu Wedding Slay 10 in Tribal Dispute MTUNZINI, SOUTH AFRICA. -Because Chief Siposo and his men said the beer was cheap and there wasn't enough to eat at the wedding feast of one of his warriors, a vicious vi-cious tribal war started. Men of Chief Siposo's tribe were not pleased when one of their war-rirs war-rirs arranged to marry a girl in the rival native village of Chief Musitshingwe. And the girl's family felt that she was marrying beneath her station. Musitshingwe's warriors retorted that some of the cattle handed over as the bridegroom's dowry were diseased. Siposo's men went back to their village for spears, battle axes and shields. They returned, fired the grass above the wedding village the traditional Zulu warning of attackand at-tackand advanced upon the village. vil-lage. Three hundred men fought for two hours. When they drew apart at sundown, 10 were dead, including includ-ing Siposo's brother, and scores wert Injured seriously. |