tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8253924812553932810..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Umhlanga – the reed danceOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-51522245052596554842011-08-27T01:25:16.025-04:002011-08-27T01:25:16.025-04:00Yesterday, I finished reading another KUBU adventu...Yesterday, I finished reading another KUBU adventure and, with your piece today, I thought I was reading an addendum. You have such a wonderful way of describing your fascinating continent.<br /><br />--JeffJeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66276794357721123952011-08-26T04:46:50.895-04:002011-08-26T04:46:50.895-04:00Sounds like a festival worth seeing. Though being ...Sounds like a festival worth seeing. Though being King of Swaziland sounds a very tiring gig; all that politicking, all those wives...Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320741202757960766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29468834731633375852011-08-26T04:36:56.136-04:002011-08-26T04:36:56.136-04:00It really is a festival more than a shopping displ...It really is a festival more than a shopping display. All the girls go back to their villages except (possibly) one chosen by the King. One hopes he chooses an older one. I'm not too sure about that.<br />Divorce doesn't seem to be an option, but there have been some embarrassing scandals in the past...<br /><br />Michael.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-2311927435084964712011-08-25T23:09:49.391-04:002011-08-25T23:09:49.391-04:00Given the divorce rate in the United States, the m...Given the divorce rate in the United States, the method of choosing a wife in Swaziland doesn't seem any more haphazard than what passes for thoughtful choice in this country.<br /><br />However...the age ranges in the groups of possible wives is a problem. I realize that different cultures have different ways of seeing thing but a 14 year-old and a 22 year-old don't have much in common. On the other hand, the second group seems to cross into the pedophilia on just about anyone's scale.<br /><br />What happens to all the girls who aren't chosen? Do they go back to their villages or do they become part of the king's household?<br /><br />The king, of course, gets to deal with every man's nightmare - his mother choosing his wife.<br /><br />I can understand why the king has some problems with the way his romances are displayed on the internet.Bethhttp://www.murderbytype.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com