Posted on 08/29/2005 8:02:33 PM PDT by F14 Pilot
Swaziland (Reuters) -- More than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to become the king of Swaziland's 13th wife Monday in a ceremony that critics say ill befits a country with the world's highest HIV/AIDS rate.
King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, is due to attend the annual Reed Dance ceremony, which he has used since 1999 to pluck new brides from thousands of dancing girls dressed in little more than beads and traditional skirts.
Clad in short beaded skirts and colorful tasseled scarves and carrying machetes, the girls sang tributes to the king while marching around the royal stadium flanked by male minders dressed in animal skin loincloths.
"I want to live a nice life, have money, be rich, have a BMW and cell phone," said one dancer, 16-year-old Zodwa Mamba. "But the king will not choose me, I am too ugly."
Critics say Mswati, who has courted controversy for his lavish lifestyle while two thirds of his subjects live in abject poverty, sets a bad example by encouraging polygamy and teenage sex in a country where 40 percent of adults live with HIV.
And some say the Reed Dance, traditionally meant to celebrate womanhood and virginity, has become little more than a showcase for the king's young would-be brides.
"The Reed Dance has been abused for one man's personal satisfaction," Mario Masuku, leader of the banned opposition party, told Reuters.
"The king has a passion for young women and opulence."
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She is what we call a "two-bagger." You need a bag over your head, in case the bag over her's breaks.
Well son, that's just downright scary. Hilarious........but scary.
How could you compare him to that uncivilized savage? That is so unfair to King Mswati. Seriously, a lot of the conquests of Heffner are just PR, who knows if he is even able with any of those women anymore.
I don't understand this need to have multiple wives. It's truly sinful. Look at the trouble it caused the Kings in the Bible. BTW, I confess to watching Girl Next Door. I just find it too hard to believe such nice girls would consent to be someone's 'girlfriend'.
Hence my reply in post #29. In her case, large bags, large beers...
ANOTHER lie from Reuters.
Virgins are overrated. Gimme a whore anyday. They know what they're doing.
What's "Girl Next Door?"
His new reality show about life in the mansion.
good grief *lol*
You dare post this without pics?
pitiful
And plus, a bad girl won't ever pretend to like calaloo.
LOL... I agree.. the guy with the most obvious reaction is noticeably "cliching" his fist, the girl must have been striked with it... just a guess..
I hate it with crab, or worse PORK the meat of Satan himself!
BARF!! The power of Christ compels you.
Bad girls like meat :)
According to my mother one can't live without meat :sigh:
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