iBheqe noCu

For some time now I have been trying to figer out what is what because I understand the word UCU which means a strand or string. The thing that was confusing me was that people would call Ucu a zulu love letter where as it is just a sign of love or an agreement that the girl likes the guy in return. The guy would ask the girl out and if she excepts, then would make him and herself a matching pair of ucu to show that he is taken. In the other hand iBheke, also known as a Zulu love letter is different to Ucu in the sense that it has more detailed bead work where as Ucu is a strand of beads that is usually five meters long.