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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 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.
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 ...
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 ]
Years in Eswatini: 2021 2022 ... 2 September - Umhlanga; 6 September - Somhlolo Day; 18 December – Incwala; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – Boxing Day;
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.
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 ...
Premier League of Eswatini: 2022–2023: 5th: Home colours. Royal Leopards Football Club are an Eswatini soccer club based in Simunye. They are the Royal Eswatini ...