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africa is a continent full of beauty
its beauty can be seen through its
places and its people
welcome to the amazing people of africa
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the indigenous people of africa
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last month we posted this video
a video about this magical african rain
dance which brought an end to drought in
south africa
and many of you were intrigued so in
today's video
we bring to you the rain queens of south
africa
in the middle of south africa leave the
balo bedu tribe in the limpopo
province and there leave the rain queens
women believed to have special powers
including the ability to control
clouds and rainfall the first train
queen was known as mojaji
which means ruler of the day in the
years after mojave's the first
inauguration
around 1800 the balobedu were a small
and largely peaceful tribe
lacking military power mojaji the first
governed through politics of mystique
under her rule powerful rivals didn't
attack the balo bedu
instead they even came to her to ask for
rain
a fox story holds that the balobedu
settled in the area about 400 years ago
after migrating south from the present
day zimbabwe
men ruled the tribe then and competition
for succession was fierce
claiming prophetic guidance the last
palo bedo king
impregnated his daughter to start a line
of female leaders
her mother would help her along the way
and even secretly packed rain making
charms for her
another version of the story was that
mojaji's mother
dungunzini was forced to flee from her
village
after she was impregnated by her brother
with the help of her mother she stole
her father's rain charms and sacred
beads
and headed towards balopedo kingdom
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there have been several rain queens and
the next train queen currently lives
near johannesburg and is 13 years old
masala naba mojaji was three months old
when her mother died
in that moment she ascended to the
throne of the balo bedu
she turns 18 she will officially be
crowned the reign queen
mojaji the seventh will be a queen in
the true sense after almost 50 years
because her last three predecessors were
queens in name only
after the apartheid regime demoted them
in status in 1972
2016 former president jacob zuma made
the balobedu one of the handful of
tribal monarchies officially recognized
by the south african state
when she comes of age mojaji will rule
at the same level as the powerful zulu
and
hosa kings she will hold the influence
over more than 100 villages and receive
a healthy government paycheck whether or
not she brings rain is yet to be known
by the time she takes her crown
but the restoration of the rain queen
has a significant
promotion for the baloperu tribe both
financially and symbolically
she also presides over important
traditional ceremonies
like the annual rain making dance
the rain queen is supposed to avoid all
types of distractions
and is not allowed to have a husband the
royal council will pick a suitor on her
behalf
and the man will only be allowed to
visit her house at night
what do you feel about the rain queens
do you believe in their mystical powers
would you love to visit them and see
them in action
let us know in the comments below
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