Eswatini's Reed Dance sees hundreds of girls perform before the King
Inside the stadium, the girls chanted and danced as they paraded before the 55-year-old king, who arrived surrounded by "Amabutho", traditional Swati warriors, and sat next to his mother on a throne set up on a stage.
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Swati maidens carry reeds while marching outside their camps ahead of the 2023 Umhlanga Reed Dance ceremony, at the Mbangweni Royal Residence on October 14, 2023. (AFP)
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Hundreds of young women and girls wearing colourful skirts and necklaces danced before Eswatini's King Mswati III on Saturday, during a centuries-old, coming-of-age ceremony in Africa's last absolute