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 ...
Fikile Khubone (23) was one of the 26 000 Zulu maidens (virgins) who turned out for uMkhosi WoMhlanga — the Reed Dance — on September 11. It took her six hours by bus to get from her home in Edendale ...
JOHANNESBURG - A lot has been said about Zulu maidens parading bare-breasted in public, but those who understand the culture say it is a matter of pride and not shame - well unless one has eaten of ...
The recent call by the Zulu royal house for maidens to cover their rears at this year’s Reed Dance is both puzzling and offensive. A week after his 60th birthday and shortly after announcing that his ...
A lot has been said about Zulu maidens parading bare-breasted in public, but those who understand the culture say it is a matter of pride and not shame – unless one has eaten of the forbidden fruit, ...