The Culture That Tests Girls For Virginity by Inserting Bare Hands

The tribe that gives virginity certificates to virgins

Belinda Mallasasime
The Story in History
3 min readJan 22, 2022

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Some Zulu virgins at annual Reed Dance ceremony (Photo source: Tori.ng and edited by author)

Virginity Testing as the name implies is a test carried out on young girls to check their virginity status. This age-long ritual found amongst the Zulu ethnic group in South Africa has been regarded as a vital social tool amongst the people of this culture…

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Belinda Mallasasime
The Story in History

Psychologist/ Top Writer, Lover of GOD and People. I write mostly on History, Travel, Leadership, and Culture. My religion is Love.