{"id":35273,"date":"2023-10-06T14:17:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=35273"},"modified":"2023-10-06T13:51:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T13:51:35","slug":"king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2","title":{"rendered":"KING MSWATI III SUMMONS IMBALI FOR UMHLANGA CEREMONY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>His Majesty King Mswati III, through Sidzandzane se Makhosi Bongiwe Hlatshwako, has announced that the Shiselweni leg of the Umhlanga Reed Dance ceremony will take place on October 13-15, 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the Royal announcement yesterday, His Majesty King Mswati III summoned the Imbali Umhlanga ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Umhlanga main ceremony<\/p>\n<p>The Umhlanga ceremony, a cultural tradition of Eswatini, celebrates the importance of young women in society.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the King, Hlatshwako revealed that Imbali is expected to arrive and register at Mbangweni Royal Residence on October 13 , 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will officially commence on the next day when Imbali departs from Ludzidzini to cut reeds in various locations as directed by the King.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn October 14 2023, the cutting of the reeds will take place as the maidens will bring their own reed , marking a significant aspect of the Umhlanga ceremony. On October 15, 2023, Imbali whill join his Majesty King Mswati III in dance,\u201d said Hlatshwako<\/p>\n<p>Worth mentioning is that the peak of the ceremony will take place on the last day, when Imbali delivers the reeds to the Ludzidzini Royal Residence.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter proceed to the arena day for the song and dance. As the ceremony reaches its climax, anticipation is building for the main day of celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Imbali will showcase their singing and dancing talents before their Majesties, King Mswati III, Her Majesty the Indlovukazi and other dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile shortly after the announcement a number of social media users shared their excitement on various platforms indicating that they were looking forward to the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBayethe wena Wa Phakathi. We are ready, your Majesty, for this day we are ready,\u201d said one Slindo Dlamini.<\/p>\n<p>While another one said \u201c This is the one announcement we were looking forward to. We are ready Your Majesty,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These were some of the many positive comments shared by people, especially Imbali.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. His Majesty King Mswati III, through Sidzandzane se Makhosi Bongiwe Hlatshwako, has announced that the Shiselweni leg of the Umhlanga Reed Dance ceremony will take place on October 13-15, 2023. In the Royal announcement yesterday, His Majesty King Mswati III summoned the Imbali Umhlanga ceremony. Umhlanga main ceremony The Umhlanga ceremony, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-35273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KING MSWATI III SUMMONS IMBALI FOR UMHLANGA CEREMONY - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"His Majesty King Mswati III, through Sidzandzane se Makhosi Bongiwe Hlatshwako, has announced that the Shiselweni leg ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KING MSWATI III SUMMONS IMBALI FOR UMHLANGA CEREMONY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"His Majesty King Mswati III, through Sidzandzane se Makhosi Bongiwe Hlatshwako, has announced that the Shiselweni leg ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-06T14:17:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1696587528.012916.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"KING MSWATI III SUMMONS IMBALI FOR UMHLANGA CEREMONY\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-06T14:17:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1696587528.012916.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-iii-summons-imbali-for-umhlanga-ceremony-2\",\"name\":\"KING MSWATI III SUMMONS IMBALI FOR UMHLANGA CEREMONY - 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