Umhlanga, or Reed Dance ceremony, is an annual Swazi event that takes place at the end of August or at the beginning of September. In Eswatini, tens of thousands of unmarried and childless Swazi girls
A woman at the Reed Dance ceremony
An Umkhosi woMhlanga ceremony in Nongoma, South Africa.
Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini (centre), dancing at Umhlanga, 2006. She wears a red feather crown, distinguishing her as a royal.
The 2006 Reed Dance in Lobamba.
Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa o
Umhlanga (ceremony)
…Umhlanga , or Reed Dance ceremony, is an annual Swazi event that takes place at the end of August or at the beginning of September. In Eswatini, tens of thousands of unmarried and childless Swazi girls and women travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to participate…
A Swazi traditional house displayed at the Eswatini National Museum, Lobamba
A 19th-century Swazi container, carved in wood
Swaziland in Southern Africa, Johnston & Johnston, Edinburgh, 1897.