South Africa: Thousands of Zulu women gather for reed dance ceremony
Tradition Bright outfits and dancing filled the streets of Ingwavuma, in South Africa's southeastern KwaZulu-Natal province on Saturday, as thousands of young zulu women gethered to take part in the annual Reed Dance ceremony.
Every September, young women, locally known as "maidens", head to the royal palace to present a long reed to Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini.maidens], in this celebration of the reeds, here in Ngwavuma, whereby the young ones, the ‘pure’ girls who have looked after themselves as maidens, come here to the royal house to bring “Ngangezwelakhe” [ed.
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