LOBAMBA, Swaziland—It's fast approaching dusk at the Ludzidzini Royal Compound when King Mswati III makes his long-awaited entrance. For hours, the royal stadium has been a spectacle of song and dance ...
Swaziland's annual "Reed Dance", a ceremony which is meant to be a traditional show of virginity by thousands of maidens, is acquiring a seedier reputation for events off stage. Around 60,000 ...
THOUSANDS of bare-breasted Swazi maidens have begun congregating at the Ludzidzini Royal Palace for the Swaziland’s most sacred kingship rite, the weeklong Umhlanga Reed Dance. Swaziland’s absolute ...
Mbabane, Swaziland — Thousands of bare-breasted Swazi maidens have begun congregating at the Ludzidzini Royal Palace for the Swaziland's most sacred kingship rite, the weeklong Umhlanga Reed Dance.
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