ROYAL REED DANCE (UMKHOSI WO MHLANGA )@ NONGOMA: RE: DANCING, INTERVIEWS & SPEECHES

Record ID: 883026

  • Title: ROYAL REED DANCE (UMKHOSI WO MHLANGA )@ NONGOMA: RE: DANCING, INTERVIEWS & SPEECHES
  • Date: 11th September 2004
  • Summary: ROYAL REED DANCE (UMKHOSI WO MHLANGA )@ NONGOMA: RE: DANCING, INTERVIEWS & SPEECHES
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  • City: Nongoma, KZN
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 04SEP11R01
  • Story Text:ROYAL REED DANCE (UMKHOSI WO MHLANGA )@ NONGOMA: RE: DANCING, INTERVIEWS & SPEECHES

    00.00.26 VARIOUS OF BARE-BREASTED YOUNG GIRLS SINGING BEFORE THE FORMAL REED DANCE CEREMONY.
    00.02.07 CU ON AN OLD LADY HOLDING A STICK & SINGING.
    00.03.10 PAN ACROSS THE REED DANCE PARTICIPANTS.
    00.03.35 VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS TAKING TURNS TO DANCE (GITA).
    00.08.46 WS OF REED DANCE PARTICIPANTS WALKING ON TAR ROAD.
    00.09.39 INTERVIEW 16 YEAR-OLD THOBISILE NJOKO ON HER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROYAL REED DANCE.
    00.10.16 SOUNDBITE OF PARTICIPANT SAYING SHE IS PURE AND A VIRGIN.
    00.11.08 INTERVIEW 16 YEAR-0LD NOKUTHULA SHEZI ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE REED DANCE (UMHLANGA), WHICH IS ENCOURAGING YOUNG GIRLS TO ABSTAIN FROM SEX.
    00.11.30 MORE PARTICIPANTS SPEAKING THEIR MINDS ON THE REED DANCE.
    00.11.56 ELDER WOMAN SPEAKING OF THE REED DANCE AS HELPING THE NATION TO GO BACK TO THEIR CULTURAL ROOTS.
    00.12.46 INTERVIEW PRINCESS THEMBI NDLOVU, KING ZWELITHINI'S SISTER SPEAKING OF THE PURPOSE OF THE REED DANCE & HOW ZULU MEN ARE TO PROVIDE THEIR MEDICAL STATEMENTS TO THE ROYAL IN ORDER TO GET A WIFE FROM THE MAIDENS.
    00.13.55 VARIOUS OF MAIDENS GATHERED.
    00.16.54 VARIOUS OF MAIDENS COLLECTING THE REED STICK.
    00.18.18 VARIOUS OF MAIDENS HOLDING REED STICKS GOING TOWARDS THE KING'S KRAAL.
    00.20.20 VARIOUS OF ZULU TRADITIONAL DANCERS HOLDING THEIR STICKS & SHIELDS.
    00.22.32 MS OF KING GOODWILL ZWELITHINI.
    00.23.21 WS OF ZULU MAIDEN HOLDING A REED STICK TO BE PRESENTED TO KING ZWELITHINI.
    00.26.14 VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED FOR THE ROYAL REED AT NONGOMA.
    00.26.40 MS OF MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI & ZWELITHINI SEATED.
    00.27.05 VARIOUS OF VIP GUESTS WHO ATTENDED THE ROYAL REED DANCE.
    00.27.36 WS ON ZWELITHINI'S WIVES.
    00.28.30 CU ON ZWELITHINI'S LATEST WIFE, GIVEN AS A GIFT FROM KING MSWATI.
    00.28.56 WS OF ZWELITHINI PRESENTED WITH GIFTS FROM KZN GOVERNMENT BY PREMIER SBU NDEBELE.
    00.29.30 MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI SPEAKING ABOUT THE VALUE OF ZULU TRADITION & PURITY FOR YOUNG GIRLS.
    00.30.29 KING ZWELITHINI SPEAKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VIRGINITY TESTING.
    00.31.55 VARIOUS OF ZULU MAIDENS SINGING.
    00.33.37 MORE OF KING ZWELITHINI'S WIVES SEATED.
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