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Swazi king picks young new wife
BBC ^ | 9-26-05 | news bbc

Posted on 09/26/2005 3:13:06 PM PDT by Rakkasan1

Phindile Nkambule, 17, was revealed to the public when she took part in a traditional Reed Dance ceremony, in which girls perform before the king.

The announcement comes just weeks after Mswati III ended an official ban on sex for women under 18. The ban was aimed at curbing the spread of HIV/Aids.

According to custom, King Mswati, 37, will marry Phindile Nkambule once she becomes pregnant.

She is reported to have caught the king's eye during the main annual Reed Dance in late August, when tens of thousands of bare-breasted girls took part in a traditional rite of Spring.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; dance; fool; king; loser; picks; reed; royals; swazi; swaziland; weddingbells; wife
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To: Rakkasan1

Just disgusting. I have a 22 year old daughter. By the grace of God she lives in the US and can choose her own husband and her own lifestyle.


21 posted on 09/26/2005 3:30:42 PM PDT by buffyt (America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people. Pres. George Bush)
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To: juntos

who wants to be king of turdville?


22 posted on 09/26/2005 3:32:36 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.)
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To: English Nationalist

'Fined himself a cow (as the judge), paid the cow (as the defendant), received the cow (as the head of state) and then presumably slapped himself on the wrist and told himself not to do it again.'

Well, I hope he's learned his lesson.


23 posted on 09/26/2005 3:32:57 PM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: MindBender26

---when tens of thousands of bare-breasted girls took part in a traditional rite of Spring. ---

That, and the comment about "perks", leads me to believe there's a joke here.....somewhere......


24 posted on 09/26/2005 3:33:08 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Finally, people understand that Liberalism IS a religion! Faith (twisted) rather than logic.)
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To: reagandemocrat

Yes: He fined himself a cow. Well actually it was one of his older wives. , but she looked like a cow.


25 posted on 09/26/2005 3:42:48 PM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: reagandemocrat
Like John Cleese in Fawlty Towers.

Slapping himself on the a$$ while
yelling "Bad Basil ! Bad Basil ! ..."
26 posted on 09/26/2005 3:43:48 PM PDT by RATkiller (I'm not communist, socialist, Democrat nor Republican so don't call me names)
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To: juntos

Larry Flyntt, Hugh Hefner, Jim Jones, Bill...


28 posted on 09/26/2005 3:46:05 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.)
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To: reagandemocrat
He fined himself a cow?

Must have meant 'he found himself a cow.' :)

29 posted on 09/26/2005 4:05:38 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: reagandemocrat

I think he needs a slap on the head, not the wrist.


30 posted on 09/26/2005 4:37:39 PM PDT by sine_nomine (Protect the weakest of the weak - the unborn babies.)
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To: SF Republican
I could very well be wrong, but I think I remember from a class long ago, that this was (in some cultures) a rule, you did not marry until the pregnancy.

That is what the period of betrothal or engagement to be married is for. In particular, if you are the first son of royalty or wealth, it is important to find out if the marriage will have issue to inheirit the family titles or money.

31 posted on 09/26/2005 4:59:52 PM PDT by Lessismore
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To: Rakkasan1
She will now wear royal loin cloths when she appears in public and has dropped out of school in order to be groomed as the monarch's wife.

I'll bet that takes up the better part of her day.

32 posted on 09/26/2005 5:03:30 PM PDT by fellowpatriot
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To: Rakkasan1
King gets 17 year old virgin after annual Reed dance (when tens of thousands of bare-breasted girls dance for the King and Spring) and will marry her after she becomes pregnantbr>


It's good to be king :-P
33 posted on 05/28/2008 7:29:33 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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