What actualy happened atlast years reed dance is that some of the girls walking on their way to the ceremony were raped. There was a lot of speak of the temptations of this tradition. With the prevelance of aids here KZN South Africa(zululand), this is a problem. So it has got nothing to do with european perverts but african immorality.

Its not the boys that get tested for virginity but the girls and the test that they do is physical, by the elders. They check if there is a hymen intact.