Today's story is a humorous piece on day 6 of reading stories to jog right brains and broaden multicultural perspectives (see Backpack Nation for all 20 or reference my original post for context).
The Toilet Paper Affair by Emmay Mah
Swaziland is picturesque, even from the air. As we descended in the miniature, 3-seat-wide plane, I felt the emerald green mountains reaching towards me, drawing me into the tiny kingdom. Even after traveling for 48 hours, I was anxious to immerse myself in all things Swazi, land, language and culture.
The Swazi people are proud of their cultural traditions, and have earned the right to be, after centuries of surviving dominant forces from South Africa, which surrounds them on all sides, except for a small border shared with Mozambique. This, and many other things about Swaziland, intrigued me, and I was enthusiastic about the work placement I was about to undertake there. I had come to work for the local association of an international NGO, which cares for orphaned and abandoned children in Swaziland.
My first, and most memorable, encounter with “real” Swazi culture came only a week after I arrived. At the time, the whole country was buzzing with the news that his royal majesty, King Mswati III of Swaziland, was about to announce the name of the new Prime Minister, as is customary in the Swazi government. Now anyone who has heard of Swaziland has probably heard of its notorious king, who has upheld the tradition of polygamous marriage with flying colours.
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