Virginity testing photos

Singing and dancing pre-ceremony. I unfortunately do not have any pictures of the ceremony, which included different groups of young women competing using traditional Zulu dancing. I am not flexible enough to do traditional Zulu dancing, which involves lifting your leg straight up in front of you until it's level with the ear and then bringing it down to a sudden stomp on the ground, in rhythm or in unison with clapping that's going on. I can demonstrate a very poor version of it, if anybody asks.



Prior to giving performances as a testimony to their decision to abstain until marriage, the young women marched around singing. The two men in the middle are the upcoming Zulu king (son of Goodwill Zwelethini)--he's to the right--and one of his councillors (to the left). You can see that some of these girls are definitely not 16 or older--currently, it is illegal for girls to be tested if they are under 16.