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Umhlanga (Reed) Dance

The Umhlanga Reed Dance is one of the best-known cultural events that take place in the Kingdom of Eswatini. The festival takes place annually at the end of August or the beginning of September, depending on the year, and lasts for over a week. Tens of thousands of young girls participate in this festival, all of them dressed in their bright and dazzling traditional regalia to present freshly-cut reeds to the Queen Mother to repair the windbreak around her royal residence. Afterward, there is a large celebratory dance.

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