'At the year's end, at the full moon, is the ceremony of the first fruits, or Incwala. It commences a month earlier with the ‘Little Incwala’ and culminates in a three day festival during which a black bull used to be pummeled to death by the warriors. Much of the ceremony is performed in deepest secrecy. Warriors' dress on the third day is extremely spectacular: bunches­ of plumes of black ostrich feathers and flying tufts of widow-birds' tail feathers, a neck ruffle of cows' tails, a wristband with a cow's tail suspended, and a kilt of leopard skin, are all Incwala dress.'