Woman and Kids Dressed In Swati Traditional Attire For Reed Dance Festival 2018


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Across Africa, traditional weddings are part of the culture, as this is the way the people of the continent knew to get married before the church or white wedding was introduced to them. It is indeed a legitimate form of marriage. Africa, though one big continent, every country has its unique way or method of…

Moroccan wedding blankets are handmade by the bride’s mother and worn by the bride during the wedding ceremony. The bride wears the wedding blanket or “Handira” like a cape on her shoulders on her way to her matrimonial home. Some wedding blankets are even woven by female relatives of the bride, long before she thinks…

Beautiful beaded head band, earrings and cape.

The next day is the Wedding Party or the wedding day (Berza). The bride’s entrance is very ceremonial and is of major significance in the ceremony. She usually comes in an “Amaria”, a roofed platform carried by about 4 or 6 men, while the groom leads the walk.

Colourful beaded head band, necklace, hand and wrist band, bustier and skirt.

It’s yet another year when maidens from all across Swaziland, come together for the kingdom of Eswatini’s annual reed dance or Umhlanga festival. The Festival a seven day event that runs from the end of August into September. This year 2018, ran from 28th of August to 3rd of September, which is the 7th day and…