Swati Maidens In Traditional Attire and Beaded Accessories For Reed Dance Festival 2019


Maidens rehearsing their dance moves.
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CeremonyĀ Ā As the Yoruba Traditional Engagement commences and proceeds, there are various stages a groom and his family get to where certain fees will need to be settled. For example for any “marriage” talk to even begin, permission will need to be sought from the elders and the parents of the bride. There is also…

On the day of the festival, the Obi makes three appearances after being in seclusion for four days. After the early morning rituals, the trumpeters announce his entry before he shows up, fully dressed in his royal regalia, highlighted with the royal crown (okpu ododo), acknowledging the crowd that would have gathered by waving at…

Beaded veiled head band, necklace, crop top, skirt and leg beads.

After the purification, the next ceremony the bride participates in is the “Hennaya”. This is when a professional Moroccan Henna Artist, draws symbolic motifs on the hands and feet of the bride, her friends and relatives, with Henna. Henna is a plant which produces natural dyes that are used for body painting. Henna is considered…

Phindile representing the Zulu tribe in her isicholo hat, and fur bib, skirt, sandals and beaded accessories for Shaka Day 2019.

42 Bitter kolas (Orogbo) 42 Tubers of yam (Isu) 42 Kolanuts (Obi abata) 42 Chilli/Alligator Peppers (Atare) 42 pieces of dried Fish (Eja Osan) 1 Dish of peppered corn meal (Aadun) 1 Packet of Sugar 2 Baskets of Fruit 2 Decanters filled with honey 4 Crates of soft drinks 4 Crates malt soft drinks 4…