South African Culture: King Sobhuza II, Traditional Dances, and Umkhosi Womhlanga

Umhlanga Traditional Dance Display

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The Umhlanga Reed Dance is an eight-day long event in Eswatini, and is based on a centuries-old royal tradition. On this day The girls gather at the Queen Mother’s royal village. Today this is at Ludzidzini, in Sobhuza’s time it was at Lobamba. They come in groups from the 200 or so chiefdoms and are registered for security. Men, usually four, supervise them, appointed chiefs. They sleep in the huts of relatives in the village or in classrooms of nearby schools. This is a very exciting time for