Reed dance is a monthly festival in Eswatini that takes place every first week in September.
It’s a celebration of virginity and morality. It’s also a time were the King takes a wife from among the maidens.
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A couple is not considered to be married in South Africa and the Zulu people in particular, until a special ceremony called an Umabo is finished. Due to the expense of the Umabo ceremony, some couples choose to get married in a church or in a civil ceremony first, and then have the Umabo celebration…
The Swati yearly Reed Dance Festival, seeks to promote purity, culture and HIV AIDS awareness.
Beautiful girl in bustier styled Emahiya dress.
Maidens are dresses in swatS beaded capes, head bands and traditional skirts.
When she returns, dinner is served to all. The couple eat with both parents and close members of the family. After dinner, the couple go around dancing and greeting their guests, before the bride goes for another change of clothing.
Two days before the wedding, the bride undergoes some form of purification by going to a sauna with her female friends and relatives. This is called the “Hammam” day. The  has her hair washed with a type of clay called ghassoul while her body is scrubbed, massaged, perfumed, and waxed. The Hammam is an important…
