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Umhlanga [um̩ɬaːŋɡa], or Reed Dance ceremony, is an annual Swazi event that takes place at the end of August or at the beginning of September. [1] 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 in the eight-day event. [ 2 ]
The former takes place in December while the latter takes place in August. Umhlanga is known for its dance, performed exclusively by women, and its 5-day ceremony, which involves reed-cutting. [1] Traditional instruments used include: the kudu horn, calabash, rattles, makeyana and reed flute. [1]
Daughter: Princess Temtsimba Dlamini, mrs Schofield (1992) first of the King's children to get married; she married a jeweller named Keenin Schofield on 22 July 2017 at Ludzidzini Royal Residence and gave birth to the King's third grandchild, a girl named Tiyabusa (2017) and a fifth grandchild, a daughter named Tabelwe (2019). [citation needed]
Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini at the reed dance. Girls dancing at the 2010 reed dance. Eswatini's best-known cultural event is the annual Umhlanga Reed Dance. In the eight-day ceremony, girls cut reeds, present them to the Queen Mother and then dance. (There is no formal competition.) It is done in late August or early September.
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Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini at the Reed Dance Festival in 2006. She wears a red feather crown, distinguishing her as a royal female at the event. On 14 December 2003, a report appeared in the Times of Swaziland claiming that Princess Sikhanyiso had gone on a trip to the US and Britain, and that the Swazi government had spent close to E1 million (US$100,000) on her trip.