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Swaziland: Enlisting Tradition in AIDS FightSeptember 17, 2001 King Mswati III has announced that the government is reviving a chastity rite to preserve virginity among girls and combat AIDS. In the rite, girls wear woolen tassels of different colors depending on their age. "A man who dares touch a lady wearing a woolen tassel will find himself having the tassels thrown at him, and the girls will then converge at the man's home, where they will demand an animal which they will feast on," the king said. More than 50,000 people have died of AIDS in the small southern African kingdom, whose population is about 1 million. Back to other CDC news for September 17, 2001 New York Times 09.15.01; Agence France Presse  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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