View_From_Below: I check the newswires almost every day, but somehow I missed this item on the Reuters wire recently.
"Saturday, September 6--
Ludzidzini Royal Village, Swaziland--Tens of thousands of young maidens danced in front of King Mswati III yesterday, many hoping to catch his eye and become his next wife. A record 50,000 young women staged Swaziland's annual 'Reed Dance,' taking part in a traditional ceremony now seen as an audition to join King Mswati's many wives. The 35-year-old king, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, now has ten wives and one fiancee..."
This is the daydream of no one on this forum, I'm sure...
"Saturday, September 6--
Ludzidzini Royal Village, Swaziland--Tens of thousands of young maidens danced in front of King Mswati III yesterday, many hoping to catch his eye and become his next wife. A record 50,000 young women staged Swaziland's annual 'Reed Dance,' taking part in a traditional ceremony now seen as an audition to join King Mswati's many wives. The 35-year-old king, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, now has ten wives and one fiancee..."
This is the daydream of no one on this forum, I'm sure...
