Exceptional times call for exceptional measures, and the Zulu tradition known as Umkhosi woMhlanga is no exception. This year, as a result of Covid-19, only 30 maidens were invited to participate in a ...

With more than 40 000 young maidens having handed over their reeds at the eNyokeni Royal Palace in KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday, the annual Zulu reed dance marked 40 years since its revival ...

Last week, thousands of Zulu maidens descended on the eMashobeni Royal Palace in Pongola to take part in Umkhosi woMhlanga, the Reed Dance, which is one of South Africa’s most sacred and striking ...

THE Reed Dance — known as uMkhosi woMhlanga among the Zulu and uMhlanga in eSwatini — is not merely a spectacle. It is a living performance of cultural memory, moral instruction, and collective ...

KWANONGOMA - Thousands of maidens are gathering at this year’s Umkhosi Womhlanga or reed dance. The ceremony at Enyokeni Royal Palace, in kwaNongoma, is to prepare girls for womanhood. This year’s ...

INTOMBI nto eseyikhulile yasendaweni yaseSnathing ithi ukuthanda usiko lwayo ikona okumkhuthaza ukuthi njalo abe nokujabula uma ngabe sekusondele ukuthi bahambe baye eMkhosini woMhlanga kwaNongoma ...

There was an unusual shift in focus at this year's traditional Reed Dance in KwaZulu-Natal. For a start, the event was reduced to one day instead of four. And the regular sight of thousands of singing ...