Qwabe Twins Continue To Embrace Their Purity As They Attend Annual Reed Dance
- South African Afropop duo, the Qwabe Twins, attend the annual Reed Dance festival 2025
- The dance took place at the king's palace in eMashobeni for the first time ever, making this a historic event
- Mzansi showed love to the twin sisters under their Instagram post, encouraging them to continue preserving themselves
- Briefly News spoke with one of the maidens, who spoke about the importance of attending Umkhosi Womhlanga
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The talented Afropop duo, the Qwabe Twins, were part of the annual Reed Dance festival 2025. The significant ceremony took place this past weekend, and it marked the first of many to take place in another location.
For the first time, the Umkhosi Womhlanga took place at the king's palace in eMashobeni, making this one a historic event. Historically, the dance was held at the eNyokeni palace.
The singers, consisting of twins Viggy and Virginia Qwabe, gathered with many other maidens on Saturday, 13 September 2025, to celebrate their purity. Taking to Instagram on Monday, 15 September, the stars posted a video of them getting ready to attend the dance, and another photo of them at the venue.
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Why the Reed Dance is important to the Qwabe Twins
The singers previously spoke to Sunday World about why it is important to preserve their cultural practices.
The stars revealed that they are looking to motivate other young women on how to remain pure. They emphasised that they are travelling stars, so they are setting an example.
“We are motivating and showing women our age that you can be a known musician but also preserve your purity. The reed dance is very important, and it has played a pivotal role in our lives.”
This dance sees young and old maidens dressed in traditional Zulu attire getting tested for their purity. It is usually older women who carry out these tests.
Should they pass the testing stage, they are then required to hold reeds in an upright position and present them to the Zulu king.
King Misuzulu addressed the scores of girls and issued a warning to men who approach them. “I can’t marry someone who is the same age as my children,” he stated.
He also encouraged the young women to inform him if they encounter men who want to marry them.
Check out the twins' post below:
Fans showed love to the twin sisters under their Instagram post, encouraging them to continue preserving themselves.
DaddyCool hailed the twins, saying:
"Your parents are truly blessed. Double blessing."
Another person, Nana Ntshangs, commented:
"Every year, you guys appear at the dance. I am very happy."
Briefly News spoke with a Grade 12 maiden from Umzumbe, who shared the important lesson she learn from attending Umkhosi Womhlanga.
"My mother always encourages me to attend. It is good because it teaches us girls discipline, self-love and most importantly, respect. I love attending, and I hope that even when I further my studies, I will see the importance of going there every year," she added.
When asked what the older women teach them, she said:
"How to love and respect ourselves."
Qwabe Twins purchase new car
In a previous report from Briefly News, the aQwabe Twins recently made a huge purchase as a gift for themselves
The former Idols SA stars shared on social media that they have bought themselves a new car. They captioned the post, "God, thank you."
Many netizens were happy for the twins as they flooded the comment section with their reactions. They bought a 2025 Toyota Fortuner, which starts from approximately R679,100 for the base 2.4GD-6 manual model and can go up to about R999,00.
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