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Umhlanga

Swazi festival

Also known as: Reed Dance

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importance to Eswatini

In Eswatini: Cultural life
The Umhlanga, or Reed Dance, brings together the unmarried girls and young women of the country to cut reeds for the annual repairs to the windbreaks of the queen mother’s village; it lasts for five days. It is also symbolic of the unity of the nation…
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observance at Lobamba

In Lobamba
…Incwala (National Ceremony) and the Umhlanga (Reed Dance), are held annually at Lobamba. The Mlilwane Game Sanctuary and the Gilbert Reynolds Memorial Garden are situated about 6 miles (10 km) northwest. Pop. (1997) 3,625.
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