Umhlanga - The Reed Dance
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reed81.jpg (25289 bytes) The girls wear short beaded skirts decorated with fringes and buttons; together with anklets, bracelets and necklaces, and colourful sashes.
Each sash has appendages of different coloured wool streamers; these denote whether or not the maiden is bethrothhed (promised to marry).

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Photos by Lachezar Karadjov
Text excerpted from Swaziland Jumbo Tourist Guide
by Hazel Hussey