The iNcwala or First Fruits Ceremony in 1970
Young men and boys return in the early morning to the Royal village of Lobamba, with “lusekwane”, a species of acacia that will be used to cover the “inhlambelo” enclosure in the “sibaya”, the Royal cattle byre. They have marched for hours and collected the shrubs at night.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Mon Dec 14, 1970