It is the last Sunday in August, the penultimate day of Swaziland's week-long Umhlanga ceremony, or Reed Dance, an annual event in which girls from the age of five to their early twenties—known ...

in a traditional Umhlanga Reed Dance meant to celebrate womanhood and virginity. “I’m proud to be Swazi and to be a virgin. We are here to show unity with the king and with each other,” said ...

THOUSANDS of bare-breasted Swazi maidens have begun congregating at the Ludzidzini Royal Palace for the Swaziland’s most sacred kingship rite, the weeklong Umhlanga Reed Dance. Swaziland’s ...

Mbabane, Swaziland — Thousands of bare-breasted Swazi maidens have begun congregating at the Ludzidzini Royal Palace for the Swaziland's most sacred kingship rite, the weeklong Umhlanga Reed Dance.

Four trucks transporting scores of young women to the traditional Umhlanga Reed Dance collided on Friday near the town of Matsapha on Swaziland's major highway, police spokesperson Inspector ...

The Reed Dance, which is also known as Umhlanga, is one of the main cultural events in Swaziland and it is strongly connected with the King. In Swaziland reporting negatively about the Reed Dance ...