This was a pic taken when more than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to become the King of Swaziland’s 13th wife in a ceremony( some time back) which critics say ill befits a countrywith the world’s highest HIV/AIDS rate.
Wielding machetes and singing tributes to the king and queen mother, alsoknown as the Great She-Elephant, the girls danced around the royal stadium in the hope of catching the eye of the 37-year-old monarch.
King MswatiIII, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, arrived dressed in a leopard-skin loincloth to watch the Reed Dance ceremony, which hehas used since 1999 to pluck new brides from the girls dressed in littlemore than beaded mini-skirts.
Wielding machetes and singing tributes to the king and queen mother, alsoknown as the Great She-Elephant, the girls danced around the royal stadium in the hope of catching the eye of the 37-year-old monarch.
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"I want to live a nice life, have money, be rich, have a BMW and cellphone," said one dancer, 16-year-old Zodwa Mamba, who wore a traditional brightly colored tasseled scarf...... that is an amazing reason to be the kings Nth wife..... Now that was many years back... now the number would be more than 25 assuming that the RITUAL is going on....
The king of Swaziland for sure can be called FATHER of the NATION...
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