Beautiful Swati Maidens In Traditional Attire For Reed Dance Festival 2019


The Swati yearly Reed Dance Festival, seeks to promote purity, culture and HIV AIDS awareness.
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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 Ā 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…


Beaded head band, necklace, top and skirt beads, arm and leg beads.

Beautiful Swati ladies in modern Emahiya styled clothes.

Maidens rehearsing their dance moves.

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.