Umhlanga, or Reed Dance ceremony, is an annual Swazi and Zulu cultural event.[1] In Swaziland, tens of thousands of unmarried and childless Swazi girls and women travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to participate in the eight-day event.[2] The young, unmarried girls were placed in female age-regiments; girls who had fallen pregnant outside wedlock had their families fined a cow....Read more: Swazi Beautiful VIRGINS perform on reed dance
In South Africa, the ceremony is known as Umkhosi woMhlanga, and takes place every year in September at the Enyokeni Royal Palace in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal.[5] The girls come from all parts of Zululand, and in recent years there are also smaller groups from Swaziland, as well as more distant places such as Botswana and Pondoland. ...Read more:Swazi Beautiful VIRGINS perform on reed dance
All girls are required to undergo a virginity test before they are allowed to participate in a royal dance.[5] In recent years the testing practice has been met with some opposition.[7]The girls wear traditional attire, including beadwork, and izigege and izinculuba that show their bottoms.[8] They also wear anklets, bracelets, necklaces, and colourful sashes. Each sash has appendages of a different colour, which denote whether or not the girl is betrothed. ...Read more: Swazi Beautiful VIRGINS perform on reed dance
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