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  2. Umhlanga (ceremony) - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Culture of Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    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. Only childless, unmarried girls can take part. The aims of the ceremony are to preserve girls ...

  4. Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    Eswatini's most well-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 bare-breasted. It is done in late August or early September. Only childless, unmarried girls can take part.

  5. Ludzidzini Royal Village - Wikipedia

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    The Ludzidzini Royal Village is the home to the House of Dlamini, the royal family of Eswatini, currently led by Ngwenyama (King) Mswati III (born 1968) and Ndlovukati (Queen Mother) Ntfombi (born c. 1950). The village is also known for the annual Umhlanga reed dance ceremony.

  6. Swazi people - Wikipedia

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    The Swati people and the Kingdom of Eswatini today are named after Mswati II, who became king in 1839 after the death of his father King Sobhuza. Eswatini was a region first occupied by the San people and the current Swazis migrated from north East Africa through to Mozambique and eventually settled in Eswatini in the 15th century. Their royal ...

  7. Music of Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    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] With Eswatini being a small country, there's only a handful of artists who have made a name worth remembering in the music ...

  8. Incwala - Wikipedia

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    Swazi warriors dancing incwala. Incwala (Swazi:) is the main ritual of kingship in the Kingdom of Eswatini. [1] [2] This is a national event that takes place during the summer solstice. [3] The main participant in incwala is the King of Eswatini; when there is no king there is no incwala. [4]

  9. Umtsimba - Wikipedia

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    The bride and tingcugce have a ludzibi (a girl that helps with carrying luggage) to carry clothes and blankets for the bride and the older girls. The young men also assist. The bridal party then start singing and dancing wedding songs and they depart. Two of the songs they sing are the following: