The Safety Dance
Apparently, the King of Swaziland is preparing to pick his 13th bride, but according to CNN, a few folks think King Mswati III has perverted the process:
Thousands of bare-breasted virgins will dance for Africa’s last absolute monarch in Monday’s Reed Dance ceremony, which King Mswati III has used to choose new brides.
Critics say the ancient ceremony, meant to celebrate womanhood and virginity, has become little more than a shop window for the 37-year-old king to choose young brides.
Has become? What the blazes do these “critics” think these ancient ceremonies were for in the first place? An Oberlin College work-study program?
August 28th, 2005 at 12:20 pm
Thanks a lot.
Now I’ll need another exorcism to get that damn ‘Safety Dance’ song out of my head. I guess Men Without Hats is kind of like smallpox–never completely eradicated.