Friday 8 April 2016

"Experience the last Africa Monarch"

 Little is known about these only standing last Africa Monarch in Sub Sahara Africa today,many travellers tend to ignore these beautiful tiny kingdom of Swaziland due to luck of information or unknown reasons and for the few who have manage to visit these monarch will always have a story to tell about the richness of the culture of Swati people,as there well known to be one of the great Nguni tribes which comprise of the Zulu tribe,xhosa tribe and Ndembele tribes.
 Swaziland is the only monarch ruled nation in today Africa thus make these tiny Kingdom which is almost surrounded by South Africa to its south west and Mozambique on other part famous in Africa,its current ruled by the  polygamy King Mswati whom is well known for his charming selection of virgins young women annaully during the reeds dance or Umhlanga.
                                                           

The reed dance has became a tradition in these monarch where many virgins women will travell long distance to participate in these culture,its a great symbolic for the swati community especially when there young women preserve there virginity for these traditional ritual where one out of thousands virgins got a chance to be a princess,the King will always choose one out of all.

The virgins young women will cut the reeds in the near village where the ritual is perfomed around Ludzidzi,while the knife they used have to be carried later as a symbol of virginity,there is a believe that a non virgin woman can't carry these reeds and these is a high pride for all other virgins in these Africa community.

It is a destination which has money value for lovers of exploring the African deep cultural taboos,Here during the reed dance photographers have to zoom and zoom there cameras lences as there lot of scenes to shoot.these is something which happen once in a year thus one can program for it without stress,Swaziland is a small Kingdom and its has well equiped tourist accomodation like resorts,lodges and hotels,their to daily flights between South Africa city of Johhanesburg and Mbambane airport such that its easier to access the tiny cultural rich Monarch of King Mswati..


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