KING SUMMONS IMBALI, UMHLANGA HOLIDAY ANNOUNCED
MBABANE - His Majesty King Mswati III has summoned Imbali for this year’s annual Reed Dance ceremony, starting with registration on August 27, 2024.
Conveying the King’s message at Ludzidzini Royal Residence yesterday, Inkhosatana yeMbali Princess Sakhizwe, said the young girls will be commissioned to fetch the reed on August 28, 2024. She said the reed will be cut on August 29, 2024 and brought back to Ludzidzini Royal Residence on August 30, 2024.
On August 31, 2024, she said the maidens will take a break in preparation for the delivery of the reed on September 1, 2024. She said the maidens will dance before Their Majesties and the entire world on September 2, 2024. The King urged chiefs (tikhulu) to assign two women and four men to look after the maidens during the course of the event. He warned chiefs against commissioning children, as they would not be able to travel long distances due to the scarcity of the reed. The King also reminded men to sleep separately from women and Imbali during the course of the event. Princess Sakhizwe was flanked by Acting Minister of Home Affairs Jane Simelane, who declared September 2, 2024 a public holiday.
Simelane said the holiday is aimed at affording emaSwati the opportunity to support and cheer the girl child. She urged emaSwati to attend the event in numbers. Also present were former tindvuna and Acting Imbali Overseer Hlangabeza Mdluli, Director of Culture and Traditional Affairs Prince Bukhosi and Lutsango. The Reed Dance is one of the country’s prestigious events, where the girl child celebrates chastity before Their Majesties. The event aims to encourage the girl child to preserve purity and focus on education until the allotted time for marriage. Some parts of South Africa value the culture, so much that girls are taken for virginity tests in order to qualify for the event, among other benefits. The reed is used to build enclosures (emaguma) at royal residences across the country. Apart from Umhlanga, Eswatini uses Umcwasho as another way to encourage men to stay away from the girl child.
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