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A picture made available on 31 August 2015 shows Swazi maidens as they deliver their reeds that they cut to the King Mswati III of Swaziland at the Ludzidzini Royal Village during the annual Reed Dance ceremony, Manzini, Swaziland, 30 August 2015. The Reed Dance ceremony is an annual Swazi and Zulu tribal cultural event and is a rights of passage event for maidens to reach adult hood. The maidens cut the reeds over the days and weeks prior to the event. Many are from rural areas of the Swazi Kingdom. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/EPA)
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