I like to believe she was inspired by the colourful African doeks she saw around Cape Town.
The award-winning musical opens with the seven performers in sarongs and t-shirts, white doeks, with white masks over their mouths, and bead accessories.
Most healers, a mix of men and women, were dressed in red: capes, skirts, with matching doeks or berets.
The wedding started with a closed session in which the bride, in a black doek and the traditional makoti attire of a newly married woman, was given her new name.
Elderly women, many wearing doeks or berets, sat side by side with young men who had taken off their hats and caps as a sign of respect.