{"title":"Diana Ferrus","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"tiqua-the-great-warrior","title":"Tiqua the Great Warrior","description":"\u003cp\u003eLank, lank gelede het die inheemse inwoners van die Tsitsikamma geweet van die\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egenesende krag van die bos se strome. Tiqua die Groot Vegter was 'n wyse hoofman in daardie dae. Nadat hy 'n paar gesteelde kinders gered het van Gaunab die bose verwoester, gaan hy na die rivier om die kinders gesond te maak.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'n Inheemse Tsitsikammastorie oorvertel in Engels, Afrikaans en isiXhosa.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLong ago, the indigenous people of the Tsitsikamma knew of the healing power of the\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eforest streams. Tiqua the Great Warrior was a wise chief in those times. 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