SWAZILAND’S ANNUAL REED DANCE STARTS WITH A TRAGEDY, 11 WOMEN DIE ON THEIR WAY TO THE FESTIVAL ..READ WHAT THE CEREMONY IS ALL ABOUT...

Umhlanga was created in Swaziland in the 1940s under the rule of Sobhuza II. He adapted the ceremony of the festival from the umcwasho ceremony, that is another old cultural practice in Swaziland. Only maidens, who reached the age of marriage and preserved their chastity, participate in the Reed Dance ceremony.

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