Kampala (Earth Times) - Thousands of well-wishers celebrated with gifts and prayers on Saturday for Omukama (King) Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru as he turned 18 and assumed a kingdom within Uganda, becoming what is believed to be the world's youngest monarch.
King Oyo was actually crowned 15 years ago at the age of three after the death of his father, the traditional ruler of Toro kingdom in western Uganda.
Since then, he has been helped by regents to run the kingdom, one of the many that were revived in the East African country in 1993.
During the ceremony, the teenage monarch draped in a white gown and standing on a leopardskin watched as the traditional leaders including those from Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Egypt, shook his hands and offered their gifts.
Oyo has been undergoing a series of traditional rituals since Friday including attending the sounding of the royal drums and the royal milking ceremony.
"This is the only event of its kind in the world and in this century when the youngest king on earth attains the age of consent and begins governing his kingdom," Toro kingdom spokesman Isaiah Rwanyekiro told the German Press Agency...
King Oyo was actually crowned 15 years ago at the age of three after the death of his father, the traditional ruler of Toro kingdom in western Uganda.
Since then, he has been helped by regents to run the kingdom, one of the many that were revived in the East African country in 1993.
During the ceremony, the teenage monarch draped in a white gown and standing on a leopardskin watched as the traditional leaders including those from Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Egypt, shook his hands and offered their gifts.
Oyo has been undergoing a series of traditional rituals since Friday including attending the sounding of the royal drums and the royal milking ceremony.
"This is the only event of its kind in the world and in this century when the youngest king on earth attains the age of consent and begins governing his kingdom," Toro kingdom spokesman Isaiah Rwanyekiro told the German Press Agency...
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