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It is an annual dance which takes place in September. Young girls clad only in woven skirts congregate at the riverside before the Zulu king. Each girl picks a reed from the river and a dance takes place. In order for the girls to take part they must be mature (most are about 16-20 years old) and they have to be virgins. Zulu tradition states that if a girl's reed breaks, it is a sign that she is unchaste. The dance is said to promote marriage, loyalty and chastity. It was abandoned for many years until the present Zulu King brought it back into existence in his effort to stop the spread of AIDS. At the end of the dance, the King gets to choose one of the girls as his wife since polygamy is a huge part of the royal Zulu culture.
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