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The Reed Dance ceremony in KwaZulu Natal province in South Africa, celebrates virginity. Every year in early spring, tens of thousands of virgin young women dance topless in front of the Zulu king. This tradition was instituted by the Zulu king in 1984. A symbol of Zulu and Swazi culture, this practice remains controversial because it is meant to encourage young women to remain chaste in a country where the rate of AIDS is one of the highest in the world.
Thousands of maidens gather by the royal residence in Swaziland to perform the traditional "reed dance" in front of the royal family and visitors.
February 6th marks the sixth International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, or female genital mutilation. FGM has been outlawed in Uganda since 2010, but some remote communities in Karamoja, in the northwest of the country, still practice it in secret. The UN Population Fund and UNICEF are working with local NGO’s and community leaders to try to stamp out FGM in Uganda altogether.
Modern dance takes centre stage at the Kigali Dance Festival in Rwanda. While the art is growing rapidly in Africa, it is still mainly practised by men. This year's festival is paying tribute to women, a way to change the prejudice that women who dance are "of bad virtue".
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta dances with the award winning FBI dance crew, as part of his campaign to encourage the youth to register as voters.
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