The Lucky Swazi King who tradition permits to Choose a Wife from the Virgin Dance Every Year; What is your take?

Zulu and Swazi naked virgin girls dance! You remember? It is a common tradition in Swaziland (Swazi) which permits the King, Mswati, to choose a new bride every year from the virgin girls who must dance naked.
This has been a long time tradition in Swaziland and isn’t the first time this controversial issue is making it into the news.
 The Virgin topless girls are paraded before the Swazi King as a part of chastity and unity celebration. As part of Swazi custom and norms, every August the Swazi King chooses his bride and again, he has reportedly tested girls’ virginity before choosing a wife for himself. The Reed Dance ceremony, known as Umhlanga reveals thousands of Swaziland’s ‘prettiest virgins’ dancing topless for King Mswati III, every August, hoping to be his next wife.
The controversy with the event arises over the methods used in testing the virginity of the women who would be participating in the dance. As the story goes, underage girls are being publicly checked  by female doctors to certify their virginity. It is nonetheless totally legal in Swaziland, and participation is voluntary for all the virgins participating in the 8-day Festival. Some of the women travel hundreds of miles to take part in the festival.........................

The Lucky Swazi King who tradition permits to Choose a Wife from the Virgin Dance Every Year; What is your take? The Lucky Swazi King who tradition permits to Choose a Wife from the Virgin Dance Every Year; What is your take? Reviewed by Unknown on Sunday, December 27, 2015 Rating: 5

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