As seems to be the tradition in Swaziland, King Mswati reportedly tested girls virginity before choosing a wife for himself.
Under aged girls publicly undergoing virginity tests before King Mswati can choose a bride

In 2012, Dailymail reported that topless virgins were paraded in front of the Swazi King, to celebrate chastity and unity.

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Now, photos have been released showing under aged girls being publicly checked to ascertain that their virginity was still intact.

All this was done in a bid to help King Mswati choose a wife.
Many consider this babaric and backward but it seems to be a tradition the people willingly live by.

Source: http://www.nativefowl.com/photos-king-of-swaziland-publicly-test-girls-virginity-before-choosing-a-wife/


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Is this for real?

There are a lot of reason's those in the Western world, call us barbaric. This is one, this is so perverted. Staring deep into a woman's modesty, and not seeing anything wrong in it.

This is absolutely ludicrous and archaic.

dumb

Very Dumb !

Na wa o

the picture looks old.
this hardly could be a contemporary pratice.









if na naija or nairaland be that, the king no go marry be that

Dump

These girls look too haggard for king's wives)

Chisooooooossssss!!!

hiannn!

What in God's name is this nonsensé?
but why the second girl dey do face like dat,
it seems like she is enjoying the thing in-Toto....
hahahahahahahahaaaaaa....
(gerrit? in toto)
#WordplayBitch

This is serious. Well, if that's their culture, there's nothing I can say.


Meanwhile, I never knew virginity can be tested by mere looking? I thought something must go in first and then you see blood stains?

Okay o

Smh

^^^^ Perve*rt

Smh..
Make dem continue o..Na dem kulture for dia be teacher for dem..

This story is not completely true. In Swaziland & parts of South Africa they do virginity testing. IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. Those that take part in it, do so on their own accord.

King Muswati DOES NOT choose a wife from the little children, he chooses from the older girls & to my understanding, the girls have a say. They can say, no.

Btw, even his daughters take part in the ceremony. It is called Reed Dance or uMhlanga. The history behind it is that, in the past, they used to send virgin girls to go pick up the reed that would be used to build the palace's cattle kraal. I don't know how it is in West Africa, but in the SADC, the kraal is the most important part of a homestead. It should be pure (women aren't allowed in the kraal) because that's where most family rituals are done, so I guess that's why virgins were allocated the task of picking up the building material. Now times are different, however,not every girl that claims to be a virgin is a virgin, like in the olden days, that's when the testing comes in, just to make sure they're still "pure" before carrying such an important royal task. It has now become part of their lifestyle to remain virgins because they want to be part of the celebrations & of course some have the hope of being the King's next bride. They're there to peacock for him--some & some are just there for the ceremony because it is considered an honour to be part of that.

Anyway, the 1st pic is king muswati's own daughter. She also takes part in the reed dance. The 2nd pic is of the girls, the potential brides to be aka palace's virgin reed pickers. 3rd pic is an example of a kraal.

But the girls are happy... Look at their faces

Who doesn't wana be d king's wife...



Introvert

INTROVERT:
This is absolutely ludicrous and archaic.

Any one on Nland speaks better english than this babe?

PunkyVeer:
This story is not completely true. In Swaziland & parts of South Africa they do virginity testing. IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. Those that take part in it, do so on their own accord.

King Muswati DOES NOT choose a wife from the little children, he chooses from the older girls & to my understanding, the girls have a say. They can say, no.

Btw, even his daughters take part in the ceremony. It is called Reed Dance or uMhlanga. The history behind it is that, in the past, they used to send virgin girls to go pick up the reed that would be used to build the palace's cattle kraal. I don't know how it is in West Africa, but in the SADC, the kraal is the most important part of a homestead. It should be pure (women aren't allowed in the kraal) because that's where most family rituals are done, so I guess that's why virgins were allocated the task of picking up the building material. Now times are different, however,not every girl that claims to be a virgin is a virgin, like in the olden days, that's when the testing comes in, just to make sure they're still "pure" before carrying such an important royal task. It has now become part of their lifestyle to remain virgins because they want to be part of the celebrations & of course some have the hope of being the King's next bride. They're there to peacock for him--some & some are just there for the ceremony because it is considered an honour to be part of that.

Anyway, the 1st pic is king muswati's own daughter. She also takes part in the reed dance. The 2nd pic is of the girls, the potential brides to be aka palace's virgin reed pickers. 3rd pic is an example of a kraal.

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Student of history ah guess

Most of em have sagged breast... A turn off to any king..

chaptersix:
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Student of history ah guess

No, it's because we're part of the same "family" so I understand the culture well. The Swazi people, the Ndebele, the Zulu & the Xhosa people are all Nguni people. Meaning we're different tribes but share similarities not only in language but in culture as well.

PS, to show the "family" thing, I've noticed they have incorporated part of the Xhosa culture, namely the facial decorations & the black & white cloth some are wearing. However, I know they're not Xhosa because Xhosa don't do a reed dance. It must be either zulu girls or swazi girls because they're the only ones out of the four Nguni tribes with a king. Xhosa & Ndebele don't have an active kingdom/ruler, so there's no need to be picking reed.

[size=20pt]how old was the king
At that time[/size]

PunkyVeer:


No, it's because we're part of the same "family" so I understand the culture well. The Swazi people, the Ndebele, the Zulu & the Xhosa people are all Nguni people. Meaning we're different tribes but share similarities not only in language but in culture as well.

Which country or state is d nguni tribe

PunkyVeer:
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Your write-up is more informative