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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. Category:2022 in Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "2022 in Eswatini" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  4. Succession to the Swazi throne - Wikipedia

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    2019 Inkhosikati LaMashwama (born 1998 as Siphelele Mashwama) daughter of Jabulile Mashwama; one of the country's senators, graduated from the elite Waterford Kamhlaba high school in Eswatini and was a student at Rochester University in the United States when her parents terminated her studies in September 2017 to marry the King. Siphelele was ...

  5. Culture of Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    Warriors in full incwala dress. The most important cultural event in Eswatini is the Incwala ceremony. It is held on the fourth day after the full moon nearest the longest day, 21 December. Incwala is often translated in English as 'first fruits ceremony', but the King's tasting of the new harvest is only one aspect among many in this long pageant.

  6. 2022 in Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    23 August – Three new Cyber laws come into effect; the Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Act, 2022, the Data Protection Act, 2022, and the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2022. [ 1 ] 4 September – King Mswati III is accused of delaying national dialogue in regards to the anti-monarchy protests.

  7. Incwala - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  8. Bantu peoples of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Umhlanga is an annual event that originates from Eswatini in the 1940s from the rule of King Sobhuza II, it is an adaptation of a much older ceremony of Umchwasho. In South Africa it was introduced by the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu in 1991 to be later known as Umkhosi womHlanga , as a means to encourage young Zulu girls to delay ...

  9. Original – The 2006 Umhlanga (Reed Dance) ceremony in Eswatini. Reason I think this serves a purpose separate to the identification of the people in it (though the centremost one is Sikhanyiso Dlamini): It does an excellent job at showing the garb and pomp of Umhlanga Articles in which this image appears