Annual Umhlanga.
(EDITORS NOTE: Image contains nudity.) Ludzidzini, Swaziland, Africa - Annual Umhlanga, or reed dance ceremony, in which up to 100,000 young Swazi women gather to celebrate their virginity and honor the queen mother during the 8 day long event. Maidens present cut reeds to the queen mother of Swaziland for her Kraal. (Photo by: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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